Abbreviations

a/c asbestos cement
ABREA Brazilian Association of Workers Exposed to Asbestos
ACC Accident Compensation Corporation
ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
ACPA Asbestos Cement Producers’ Association
AFA [Belgian] Asbestos Fund
AHF Air Hygiene Foundation
AIA Asbestos International Association
AIA/NA Asbestos Information Association/North America
AIC Asbestos Information Committee/Centre
AIHA American Industrial Hygiene Association
AJIM American Journal of Industrial Medicine
ANDEVA Association Nationale de Defence des Victimes de L’Amiante
ANYAS Annals of New York Academy of Sciences
ARC Asbestosis Research Council
ARD Asbestos-related disease
ATI Asbestos Textile Institute
BG Berufsgenossenschafts
BJIM British Journal of Industrial Medicine
CAAJ Comité Anti-Amiante de Jussieu
CPA Comité Permanent Amiante
CSR Colonial Sugar Refining Company
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ERCA Environmental Restoration & Conservation Agency
EEC European Economic Community
EU European Union
FDA Food & Drug Administration
FIVA Fond D’Indemnisation des Victimes de L’Amiante
FMP Belgian Occupational Diseases Fund
FM/T&N Federal Mogul/T&N
GEFCO Griqualand Exploration & Finance Company
HEI Health Effects Institute
HSE Health & Safety Executive
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
IAV Dutch Institute for Asbestos Victims
IBAS International Ban Asbestos Secretariat
ICOH International Commission on Occupational Health
IHF Industrial Health/Hygiene Foundation
IJHS International Journal of Health Services
IJOEH International Journal of Occupational & Environmental Health
ILO International Labour Organization
INAIL Italian National Institute of Insurance for Professional
Illness & Injury
IOEH Institute of Occupational & Environmental Health
IPCS International Programme on Chemical Safety
JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association
MetLife Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
MRC Medical Research Council
NIOH National Institute of Occupational Health
NEJM New England Journal of Medicine
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health
NUM National Union of Mineworkers
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development
OSHA Occupational Safety & Health Administration
PRU Pneumoconiosis Research Unit
PUA polyvinyl acetate
QAMA Quebec Asbestos Mining Association
QAPA Quebec Asbestos Producers’ Association
SAAPAC South African Asbestos Producers’ Advisory Committee
SACSIR South African Council for Scientific & Industrial Research
SAIAC Sociétés Associés d’Industries Amiante-Ciment
SBA Safe Buildings Alliance
SUVA Swiss Accident Insurance Organization
T&N Turner & Newall
TLV Threshold Limit Value
TUC Trades Union Congress
UNARCO Union Asbestos & Rubber Company
WHO World Health Organization
WTO World Trade Organization