| ABLES |
Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance |
| ACD |
Allergic contact dermatitis |
| ACS |
American Community Survey |
| AIMS |
Apprenticeship Information Management System |
| ATUS |
American Time Use Survey |
| BEA |
Bureau of Economic Analysis |
| BED |
Business Employment Dynamics |
| BLL |
Blood lead level |
BLS |
Bureau
of Labor Statistics |
| BMI |
Body Mass Index |
| CBP |
County Business Patterns |
| CES |
Current Employment Statistics |
| CFOI |
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries |
| CHAMPUS |
Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services |
| CHAMPVA |
Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs |
| COPD |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CPS |
Current Population Survey |
| CSEC |
Construction Sector of the Economic Census |
| dBA |
Decibels; A-weighted |
| DOL |
U.S. Department of Labor |
| EBRI |
Employee Benefits Research Institute |
| EBSA |
Employee Benefits Security Administration |
| EC |
Economic Census |
| ECI |
Employment Cost Index |
GC |
General
contractor |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HPD |
Hearing protection device |
| IARC |
International Agency for Research on Cancer |
| ILO |
International Labour Organization |
IRS |
Internal
Revenue Service |
| ISIC |
International Standard Industrial Classification |
| JOLTS |
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey |
| MEPS |
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey |
µg/dL |
Micrograms
per deciliter |
| MSD |
Musculoskeletal disorder |
| NAICS |
North American Industry Classification System |
| NCHS |
National Center for Health Statistics |
| NCS |
National Compensation Survey |
| NDI |
National Death Index |
| NEC |
Not elsewhere classified |
| NHANES |
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
| NHIS |
National Health Interview Survey |
NIOSH |
National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
| NORMS |
National Occupational Respiratory Mortality System |
| OES |
Occupational Employment Statistics |
OSHA |
U.S.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| OTI |
OSHA Training Institute |
| PEL |
Permissible Exposure Limit |
| PFT |
Pulmonary Function Test |
| PMR |
Proportionate mortality ratio |
| SBO |
Survey of Business Owners |
SIC |
Standard
Industrial Classification |
SOC |
Standard
Occupational Classification |
| SOII |
Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses |
| TLV |
Threshold Limit Value |
| TWA |
Time Weighted Average |
| VIP |
Value of Construction Put in Place series |
| WMSD |
Work-related musculoskeletal disorder |
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