Glossary

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A


Absorption
Acceptable Daily Intake
ACIA
Acid rain
Acoustic Neuroma
Actinic prurigo
Activated sludge
Active ingredient
Acute
Acute exposure
Acute leukaemia
Acute radiation effects
Acute radiation syndrome (ARS)
Adaptation
Adaptive capacity
Adaptive management
Additive effect
Adduct
Adenocarcinoma
ADI
Adrenal gland(s)
Adsorb
Adverse health effect
Aerodynamic diameter
Aerodynamic(s)
Aerosol
Afforestation
Aflatoxin
African Union (AU)
Agent Orange
Agroforestry
Ah receptor
Air pollution hot spot

B


Bacteria
Bacterial resistance
Basalt
Base station (in communications)
Belgian Federal Public Service for Health
Benign
Benthic
Benzene
Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP)
BFPSH
Bias
Bidi
Binge-eating
Bioaccumulation
Biocapacity
Biochemistry
Biochip
Biocide(s)
Bioconcentration
biodiesel
Biodiversity
bioethanol
Biofilm
Biofuels
Bioimpedance
Bioinformatics
Biologic intake
Biologic uptake
Biomagnification
Biomarker
Biomass
Biome

C


Cell
Cell culture
Cell membrane
Cell Nucleus
Cellulose
cellulosic liquid biofuels
Cement (in dentistry)
Cephalopods
Cervix
Charge
Chemical element
ChemiNet
Chimaeras
Chlor-alkali process
Chloracne
Chloral hydrate
Chloramination
Chloramine(s)
Chlorate
Chlorine
Chlorine dioxide
Chlorite
Chloroacetaldehyde
Chlorofluorocarbons
Chloroform
Cholelithiasis
Cholera
Cholesterol
Chromosome
Chromosome abnormalities
Chronic
Chronic actinic dermatitis

D


Daphnia
DDT
Decibel
Decked vessel
Deforestation
Degradation of ecosystems
Delta
Demineralisation (in dentistry)
Dengue
Density
Dental amalgam
Dental caries
Dental erosion
Dental fluorosis
Dental pulp
Dentine
Depressants
Depression
Dermal contact
Desertification
Desorb
Detergent
Development indicators
Developmental effects
DG Health and Consumers

E


Earth Legacy
EASAC
EC
EC-SCF
ECB
Ecolabel
Ecological surprises
Ecoregion
Ecosystem change
Ecosystem management
Ecosystem processes
Ecosystem scale
Ecosystem services
Ecosystem(s)
Ecstasy
Eczema
El Niño
Electric current
Electric field
Electric transformer
Electrode
Electrolyte
Electromagnetic fields (EMF)
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity
Electromagnetic spectrum
Electromagnetic wave
Electron microscopy
Electrons
Electrostatic air cleaner
Electrosurgery
Element
Elemental Arsenic

F


Fair trade
FAO
Fatty Acids
Fecundity
Feedback
Feedstock
Female urogenital malformations
Fermentation
Ferromagnetism
Fertility
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs)
Fibromyalgia
Fine particles
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
FIOH
first-generation biofuels
Fish meal
Fish oil
Fish stock
Fishery
Fishery production
Flag of convenience
Flagging out
Flame retardant
Flavonoids
Flexural areas
Flue gas
FluNet
Fluoride
Fly ash
Foetus
Folate
Food & Agriculture Organization
Food chain
Food web
Forest

G


Gadiformes
Gall bladder
Gamma GT
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Gasification
Gastritis
Gene expression
Gene flow
Gene Therapy
Genes
Genetic cross
Genetic diversity
Genetic Engineering
Genetic fingerprinting
Genetic material
Genetic screening
Genetically compatible
Genome
Genomics
Genophotodermatoses
Genotoxic
Geomagnetic field
Geothermal energy
GESAMP
Glacier
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN)
Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance
Global scale
Global warming potential

H


Habitat
Habitat change
Haddock
Haemoglobin
Haemorrhagic fevers
Hake
Half life
Hallucinogen
Haloacetic acids
Haloacetonitriles
Haloaldehydes
Halogen
Halogenated hydroxyfuranone
Haloketones
Hand-rub
Hearing loss
Hearing threshold
Heat transfer fluid
Heat-shock proteins
Heavy drinking
Heavy episodic drinking
Heavy metals
Hepatitis
Herbicide
Heredity
Heroin
Herring
Heterozygous for PKU
HIV/AIDS
Homozygous for PKU
Hormone(s)
Hull Fouling
Human Genome Sequencing Project
Human health
Huntington’s disease
Hybrid (plant or animal)
Hybrid vehicle
Hydrates
Hydrogen peroxide
Hydrogenated fats

I


IAASTD
IARC
Ice cap, ice sheet, polar ice cap
Ice core
Idiopathic photodermatoses
IEA
IEA scenarios
Immune system
Immunization
Immunosuppressive
Impaired glucose tolerance
In vitro
In vivo
In-vitro selection (in plant breeding)
Incandescent light bulbs
Incidence
Incomplete combustion process(es)
Inertia (of ecosystems)
Infection
Inflammation
Influenza
Infrared radiation
Ingestion
Inhalation
Inland waters
Innocuous
Inorganic
Inorganic arsenic compound(s)
Inorganic mercury compounds
Insecticide
INSERM
Insomnia
Insulin
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

J


Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Joule

K


Kelp
Kernite
Krill

L


Lac
Lactation
Lager
Land cover
Land use
Landfill
Landscape
Largehead hairtail
Larynx
LCA
LD50
Lead
Legionella
Leprosy
Lesion
Leukaemia
Lichen
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Life expectancy
Lipid
Lipophilic
Lipoproteins
Liquefied petroleum gas
liquid biofuel
Litter (in Forests)
Liver
LOAEL
London Convention
Low Income Food Deficit Countries
Low-till farming
Lower respiratory symptoms
Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level
Lozenge

M


Mackerel
Macro policy
Mad cow disease
Magnetic field
Magnetic Field Intensity Unit
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS)
Magnetism
Mainstream smoke
Malaria
Malignant
Malnutrition
Mammary glands
Mangrove
Marburg haemorrhagic fever
Mariculture
Marine trophic index
Market-based instruments
Mass (weight) Units
Mass Spectrometer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative
Mean / Median
Measles
Medical abortion
Melanin
Melatonin
Membrane filtration
Mendel’s principles of heredity
Ménière’s disease
Meningitis
Mesolimbic dopamine pathway
Meta-analysis

N


Nanomaterial
Nanometre
Nanoparticle
Nanoscale
Nanoscience
Nanostructure
Nanotechnology
Naphthalene
Natural capital
Natural gas combined cycle (NGCC)
Natural organic matter
Nervous system
Neurobehavioural
Neurobehavioural test(s)
Neurodevelopmental delays
Neuroendocrine
Neurological effects
Neuromuscular
Neuron
Neurotransmitter(s)
Nipah virus
Nitrate & Nitrite
Nitrosamines
Nitrous oxide
No Observed Adverse Effect Level

O


Obesity
Olfactory nerve
Omega-3 fatty acids
Open access resource
Opioid peptides
Opioids
Organic
Organic arsenic compounds
Organic mercury compounds
Organic solvent
Organophosphate pesticides
Orphan Crops
OSPAR Convention
Osteomalacia
Osteoporosis
Osteosclerosis
Oxidative phosphorylation
Oxidative stress
Oxidizing agent
Ozone
Ozone biofiltration

P


Pacemaker
Pancreas
Pandemic
Panel study
Parasite
Parathyroid glands
Parkinson’s disease
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
Particulate matter
Parts per billion
Parts per million
Passive smoking
Pathogenic organisms
Pathway(s)
PCBs
Peatlands
Perfluorinated compound
Periodontal
Peritoneum
Permafrost
Persistent organic pollutants
Personal music player
Peruvian anchoveta
Pesticide
Pesticide resistance
pH
Pharynx
Phencyclidine (PCP)
Phenyl ring
Phenylalanine
Phenylmercury
Phlegm
Phosphenes
Photoageing
Photochemical reaction
Photophobia
Phthalates
Phthalic acid
Physical dependence
Physiology
Phytonutrients
Pigment
Pituitary gland
PKU
Placebo
Plague
Plant regeneration
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasticiser
Plutonium

Q


Quaternary ammonium cation

R


Radiation
Radiation dose
Radiative Forcing
Radioactive decay
Radioactive material
Radioactive waste
Radioactivity
Radon
Receptor
Recombinant DNA technology
Reduction (in fish processing)
Reforestation
Regional fishery bodies
Regionalization
Renewable energy
Resilience
Respiratory irritant(s)
Respiratory tract
Rhinitis
Rhodopsin
Rice oil
Rickets
Rift Valley fever
Risk
Risk assessment
Risk management
RIVM
Rodent
Roundwood

S


Saline formations
Salinity
Salinization
Salivary glands
Sample
SARS
Sashimi
SCCP
SCCS
Scenario
SCENIHR
SCHER
Schizophrenia
Scientific Committee on Consumer Products
Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety
Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks
Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks
Scientific Consensus
Sea ice
Sealant
Sebaceous cyst(s)
second-generation biofuels
Secondhand tobacco smoke
Sedative-hypnotics
Sedimentary rock(s)
Seed bank
Sensitization
Sensory cells
Serotonin
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Seveso
Sewage
Shale
Shigella dysentery
Sidestream smoke
Silt
Sinonasal

T


Target cell
Target organ
Target tissue
Taxonomy
TCDD
Technical lifetime
Temperate zone
Tesla (T) – Magnetic Field Intensity Unit
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
The Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015
The International Renewable Energy Agency
The Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection
The United Nations Office for REDD+ Coordination in Indonesia (UNORCID)
The World Ocean Review
Therapy
Thermohaline circulation
Three Rs principle (in animal experimentation)
Threshold (in an ecosystem)
Threshold (in health science)
Thyroid gland
Tidal volume
Time lag
Time-series studies
Time-to-pregnancy
Tincal
Tinnitus

U


Ulceration
Ulexite
Ultraviolet radiation
UN Chernobyl Forum
UN World Water Assessment Programme
UN-Water WWAP
UNAIDS
Uncertainty
Uncertainty factor
UNEP
Unit prefixes of the International System of Units (SI)
United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations System Influenza Coordination (UNSIC)
Unorcid
UNSIC
Uranium
Urchin
Urea
US Environment Protection Agency
US EPA
Uterine disease(s)
UV Dose
UV index (UVI)
UV radiation
UVA-UVB-UVC

V


Vaccination
Valency
Value
Ventilation rate
Ventricular fibrillation
Vertigo
Virus
Vitamins
Volatile
Volatile organic compound
Volatile solvents (as a drug)
Voltage
Vulnerability (in ecosystems)
Vulnerability (in health science)

W


Water disinfection by-product(s)
Water hardness
Water regime
Water stress
Water vapor
Waterlogging
Watt
WEC
Well-being
West Nile fever
Wet Weight
WHO
WHO Air quality guidelines (AQG) in Europe
WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network
WHO Regions
WiMax
Withdrawal
Wood energy
Wood pellets
Wood residues
Woodfuel
WOR
World Energy Council
World Health Organization
World Wind Energy Association
WWEA

X


 

Y


Yeast
Yellow fever

Z


Zero energy building

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