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Acronyms
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Acronyms
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ACF (Administration for Children and Families)
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/
ADAO (Asbestos Related Disease Organization)
http://www.asbestosdiseaseawareness.org/
An international voice for asbestos victims, educating patients, families, the public, and the medical community about ARD, as well as support research.
AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
http://www.ahrq.gov/
AoA (Administration on Aging)
http://www.aoa.gov/
AOEC (Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics)
http://www.aoec.org/
Committed to improving the practice of occupational and environmental medicine through information sharing and collaborative research. ATSDR and NIOSH are significan financial supporters.
ARD (Asbestos Related Disease)
ARD NET (Asbestos Related Disease Network)
Provides case management, referrals and some direct services available to all people living with an asbestos related disease.
ARHCP (Asbestos Related Health Care Project)
Oversees LAMP.
ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ATSDR-HazDat (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database)
The scientific and administrative database that provides access to information on both the release of hazardous substances from Superfund sites or from emergency events, and on the effects of hazardous substances on the health of human populations.
BMI (Body Mass Index)
A measure of body fat that is the ratio of the weight of the body in kilograms to the square of its height in meters
CAB (Community Advisory Board)
CAG (Community Advisory Group)
Members of the community make up a Superfund Community Advisory Group which serves as the focal point for the exchange of information among the local community, EPA, the state regulatory agency (DEQ), and other pertinent Federal agencies involved in the cleanup of a Superfund site.
CAMP (Community Asbestos Memorial Project)
A collaborative effort taken to create a lasting memorial for the miners, family members and community members who have died from asbestos related diseases.
CAP (Community Advisory Partners)
Serves as a community forum for communication and direction to guide and assist on Libby amphibole asbestos health related issues and research.
CARD (Center for Asbestos Related Disease)
http://www.libbyasbestos.orgCARE (Community Action for a Renewed Environment)
http://www.epa.gov/care/index.htm
A competitive grant program that offers an innovative way for a community to organize and take action to reduce toxic pollution in its local environment. Through CARE, a community creates a partnership that implements solutions to reduce releases of toxic pollutants and minimize people's exposure to them. By providing financial and technical assistance, EPA helps CARE communities get on the path to a renewed environment.
CBEP (Community Based Environmental Protection)
See OSEC.
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and prevention)
http://www.cdc.gov/CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act)
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/index.htm
Commonly known as the "Superfund," it was enacted by Congress on December 11, 1980. This law created a tax on the chemical and petroleum industries, and provided broad Federal authority to respond directly to releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances that may endanger public health or the environment. The law authorizes two kinds of response actions:
Short-term removals: actions may be taken to address releases or threatened releases requiring prompt response.
Long-term remedial response actions: permanently and significantly reduce the dangers associated with releases or threats of releases of hazardous substances that are serious, but not immediately life threatening. These actions can be conducted only at sites listed on EPA's National Priorities List (NPL).
CFE (Cumulative Fiber Exposure)
CHIEFS (Childhood Health Exposure Investigation Follow-up Study)
http://eh.uc.edu/LibbyCMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
http://www.cms.gov/
CORA (Card Outreach Recovery Assistance)
Contract with the Center for Mental Health Services for delivery of a Training Manual to address the psychosocial elements of a slow motion technological disaster, as it was recognized that this type of disaster presented new psychological and social issues and challenges that required a novel response. Completed in 2004.
CSR (Center for Scientific Review)
http://www.healthfinder.gov/orgs/HR2067.htmCT (Computed Tomography)
A computed tomography (CT) scan uses X-rays to make detailed pictures of structures inside of the body.
DEQ (Department of Environmental Quality)
http://www.deq.mt.us
DHHS (US Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS)
http://www.hhs.gov
US government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services.
DLCO (Diffusing Capacity of Carbon Monoxide)
A test of the integrity of the alveolar-capillary surface area for gas transfer. The DLCO is reduced in interstitial lung diseases such as hypersensitivity pneumonitis (e.g bird fanciers lung, farmers lung) or dust-inhalation diseases such as asbestosis.
DOJ (Department of Justice)
http://www.justice.gov/
EEM (Environmental Exposure Matrix)
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
http://www.epa.gov
ERB (Ethical Review Board)
See IRB.
ETS (Environmental Tobacco Smoke)
FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
http://www.fda.gov/FEF (Forced Expiratory flows)
FEV1 (Forced Expiratory Volume in One Second)
FLASH (Federal Libby Asbestos Specialty Healthcare)
A federally funded comprehensive ARD healthcare plan governed by a Libby community consortium. FLASH is a payer of last resort for ARD healthcare services.
FRC (Forced Residual Capacity)
FVC (Forced Vital Capacity)
HHS (Health and Human Services)
See DHHS.
HNA (Health Network of America)
Primary payer of ARD healthcare. Voluntary plan; somewhat inconsistent coverage due to hired peer reviews. Also known or formerly known as Triveris, Libby Medical Program "LMP," or The Grace Plan.
HRCT (High Resolution Computer Tomography)
HRS (Hazard Ranking System)
The principal tool EPA uses to place waste sites on the National Priorities List (NPL). It is a numerically based screening system that uses information from initial, limited investigations to assess the relative potential of sites posing a threat to human health or the environment.
HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration)
http://www.hrsa.gov/IEC (Independent Ethics Committee)
See IRB.
IHS (Indian Health Services)
http://www.ihs.gov/IRB (Institutional Review Board)
Also known as an Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) or Ethical Review Board (ERB). A committee formally designated to approve, monitor and review biomedical and behavioral research involving humans, with the aim of protecting rights and the welfare of research subjects.
LA (Libby Asbestos)
LAA (Libby Amphibole Asbestos)
LAMP (Libby Asbestos Medical Plan)
Funded by WR Grace in pursuant to an agreement with the US EPA, in settlement of a lawsuit. Provides health screening services and supplement benefits for services not provided under the existing Grace Libby Medical Program. Governed by ARHCP. Third party administrator is New West Health Services located in Kalispell, MT.
LAMP II (Libby Asbestos Medical Plan II)
Third party administrator is New West Health Services. Funded by a state appropriation for 2009-2010. LAMP II benefits replicate FLASH, and pay after the Grace Plan and any private insurance (HNA), but before Medicare, Medicaid and FLASH.
LANDIS (Libby Asbestos Digital Imaging Study)
CARD subconstracted with ATSDR and collaborating with St. John's Lutheran Hospital to accomplish a comparison radiographic study to compare digital with hard copy x-rays to see if they are equivalent with regard to detecting and classifying asbestos related pleural abnormalities. This has great merit to update the current asbestos x-ray grading system. Completed in 2008.
LCAVRO (Lincoln County Asbestos Victim Relief Organization)
An activist group dedicated to awareness about the Libby asbestos disaster.
LERP (Libby Epidemiology Research Project)
CARD has partnered with investigators from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, University of Montana and Idaho State University for research supported by a $4.8 million grant over the next five years from ATSDR, a federal branch of the CDC. The initiative involves a childhood exposure project, an autoimmune project, and a CT scoring project.
Libby PHE (Libby Public Health Emergency)
June 17, 2009: EPA declared its first ever PHE under CERCLA. It requires the Federal government to provide screenings and healthcare for Libby residents with asbestos-related disease.
MARF (Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation)
http://www.curemeso.org/The national nonprofit dedicated to ending the suffering caused by mesothelioma by funding research, educating patients and advocating for Federal mesothelioma funding.
MASSA (Montana Asbestos Screening and Surveillance Activities)
A Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services asbestos screening funded through an ATSDR grant to the state. The program ended September 16, 2008.
MESO (Mesothelioma)
A malignant nodular type cancer of the membranes which line the lung cavity. It is another disease related to asbestos exposure. Malignant mesotheliomas are extremely rare in persons with no history of asbestos exposure, but may account for 10% to 18% of excess deaths in workers exposed to asbestos.
NCI (National Cancer Institute)
http://www.cancer.gov
NCRR (National Center for Research Resources)
http://www.ncrr.nih.gov
NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey)
NHLBI (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
NIEHS (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/The mission of the NIEHS is to reduce the burden of human illness and disability by understanding how the environment influences the development and progression of human disease. One of 27 research institutes that comprise the NIH.
NIH (National Institutes of Health)
http://www.nih.gov/NINR (National Institute of Nursing Research)
http://www.ninr.nih.gov
Supports research to establish a scientific basis for the care of individuals across the life span. Research focuses on the special needs of at-risk and under-served populations, with an emphasis on health disparities.
NLM (National Library of Medicine)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
NIOSH (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health)
http://www.cdc.gov/nioshA part of the CDC in the DHHS, a federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness.
NPL (National Priorities List)
OIG (Office of the Inspector General)
O&M (Operations and Management)
O&M activities protect the integrity of a Superfund site's cleanup plan. Their procedures are intiated by the State after cleanup objectives have been reached and the site is determined to be operational and functional based on state and federal agreement.
OR (Odds Ratio)
ORHP (Office of Rural Health Policy)
http://www.ruralhealth.hrsa.govPromotes better health care service in rural USA. A division of the HHS.
OS (Office of the Secretary)
PA (Posterior/Anterior)
PHE (Public Health Emergency)
A natural disaster that poses a high probability of a large number of deaths or harm to a population.
PFT (Pulmonary Function Test)
RfC (Reference Concentration)
RV (Residual Volume)
SAB (Scientific Advisory Board)
SAG /CFARR (Scientific Advisory Group / Committee for Asbestos Related Research)
SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
http://www.samhsa.gov/SAS (Statistical Analysis Software)
TAG (Technical Advisory Group)
Represents the community who want to ensure satisfactory EPA Superfund site remedial action through technical involvement, participation, oversite, and use of consultants. This group consists of board members who are willing to act as a liaison between LATAG, the public and any organization in which they actively participate.
TLC (Total Lung Capacity)
VA (Department of Veterans Affairs)
http://www.va.gov
WRG (WR Grace)
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