| Abbreviations | Meaning |
 | BSA | Blind Service Association |
 | ARS | American Rhinologic Society; Antirabies Serum; Arsphenamine; Arylsulfatase; Atherogenic Risk Study; Autonomously Replicating Sequence |
 | IPA | International Pediatric Association |
 | FRES | Fellow Of The Royal Entomological Society |
 | FACOS | Fellow Of The American College Of Orthopaedic Surgeons |
 | ABPS | American Board Of Plastic Surgery |
 | IASL | International Association For Study Of The Liver |
 | AIC | Akaike Information Criterion [a Goodness-of-fit Measure]; Aminoimidazole Carboxamide; Association Des Infirmieres Canadiennes |
 | OAA | Old Age Assistance; Older Americans Act; Opticians Association Of America; Oxaloacetic Acid |
 | ACS | Association Of Clinical Scientists |
 | FRCPSYCH | Fellow Of The Royal College Of Psychiatrists |
 | EAHIL | European Association For Health Information And Libraries |
 | AOMA | American Occupational Medical Association |
 | FACFAS | Fellow Of The American College Of Foot And Ankle Surgeons |
 | APIC | Acenocoumarin Vs Pentoxifylline In Intermittent Claudication [trial]; Association For Practitioners In Infection Control |