| ACBS | Asthma Call-Back Survey |
| AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| BLS | Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| BoD | Burden of Disease |
| BRFSS | Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| CCS | Clinical Classification System |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| CO | Carbon Monoxide |
| COB | Congressional Budget Office |
| CRF | Concentration Response Function |
| D.C. | Washington D.C. |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| ICD-9-CM | International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification |
| LUR | Land-Use Regression |
| HCUP | Health Care Cost and Utilization Project |
| MEPS | Medical Expenditure Panel Survey |
| NRP | Near Roadway Pollution |
| NO2 | Nitrogen Dioxide |
| NOx | Nitrogen Oxides |
| O3 | Ozone |
| PAF | Population-Attributable Fraction |
| PM10 | Particulate Matter with a Diameter less than 10 micrometers |
| PM2.5 | Particulate Matter with a Diameter less than 2.5 micrometers |
| TRAP | Traffic-Related Air Pollution |
| U.S. | United States |
| WTP | Willingness to Pay |