AFRRI: |
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute |
AGS: |
Alternating gradient synchrotron |
AP: |
Apurinic or apyrimidinic |
AT: |
Ataxia telangiectasia |
ATM: |
AT mutated gene |
BEIR: |
Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations, Committee on (National Research Council) |
CNS: |
Central nervous system |
DNA: |
Deoxyribonucleic acid |
DNA-PK: |
DNA-dependent protein kinase |
DOD: |
Department of Defense |
DOE: |
Department of Energy |
DREF: |
Dose rate effectiveness factor |
EVA: |
Extravehicular activity |
GCR: |
Galactic cosmic radiation |
HPRT: |
Hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase |
HZE: |
High atomic number (Z) high energy |
ICRP: |
International Commission on Radiological Protection |
LANL: |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
LEO: |
Low Earth orbit |
LET: |
Linear energy transfer |
LQ: |
Linear-quadratic |
MIM: |
Multiplicative interaction model |
NASA: |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NCRP: |
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements |
NER: |
Nucleotide excision repair |
NRC: |
National Research Council |
PCR: |
Polymerase chain reaction |
PK: |
Protein kinase |
Q: |
Quality factor |
RBE: |
Relative biological effectiveness |
RMS: |
Root mean square |
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SPE: |
Solar particle event |
TGBESR: |
Task Group on the Biological Effects of Space Radiation |
UNSCEAR: |
United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation |
USAF: |
United States Air Force |
WR: |
Radiation weighing factor |
XP: |
Xeroderma pigmentosum |