AESAN	Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition
AαC	Amino-alpha-carboline
B(a)P	Benzo (a) pyrene
BMI	Body mass index
CESNID	Centre for Higher Education in Nutrition and Dietetics
CHARRED	Computerized Heterocyclic Amines Resource for Research in Epidemiology of Disease
Comb.	Combined nitroso compounds
CRA	Colorectal adenoma
CRC	Colorectal cancer
DiB(a)A	Dibenzo (a) anthracene
DiMeIQx	2-Amino-3,4,8 trimethylimidazo (4,5,f) quinoxaline
EFSA	European Food Safety Authority
EPIC European	Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
FDA	U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FFQ	Food Frequency Questionnaire
HAs	Heterocyclic amines
IARC	International Agency for Research on Cancer
IQ	2-Amino-3-methylimidazo (4,5,f) quinoline
MEC	Multiethnic cohort
MeIQ	2-Amino-3.4 dimethylimidazo (4,5,f) quinoline
MeIQx	2-Amino-3,8 dimethylimidazo (4,5,f) quinoxaline
MUFA	Monounsaturated fatty acid
NDMA	N-nitrosodimethylamine
NOAEL	No observed adverse effect level
NOCs	N-Nitroso compounds
NPIP	N-Nitrosopiperidine
NPYR	N-Nitrosopyrrolidine
OR	Odds ratio
ORAC	Oxygen radical absorbance capacity
PAHs	Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PANCAKE	Assessment of Nutrient Intake and Food Consumption Among Kids in Europe
PHEX	Phenol Explorer
PhIP	2-Amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo (4,5,b) pyridine
PUFA	Polyunsaturated fatty acid
PUMUO	University Program for Older Adults of the University of Oviedo
R24h	24-h dietary recall
SEEDO	Spanish Society for the Study of Obesity
SFA	Saturated fatty acid
USDA	United States Department of Agriculture
WHO	World Health Organization