| BSC | Brescia-Caffaro area |
| SRV | Sacco River Valley area |
| LF | Land of Fires area |
| WRC | Whole Recruited Cohort |
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| LOD | Limit of Detection |
| LOQ | Limit of Quantification |
| SIVR | Italian Society of Reference Values |
| SIN | Sites of National Interest |
| ISS | Italian National Institute of Health |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| CRM | Certified Reference Materials |
| IRMM | Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements |