North and Central America
North and Central America: Canada, United States, Mexico, Central American states, Caribbean, West Indies.
- Code
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Meaning
Language
Themes and places
- AAP
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American Academy of Psychotherapists
- AAP
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Association of American Physicians (http://aap-online.org)
- AAPA
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American Academy of Physician Assistants (www.aapa.org)
- AAPA
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American Association of Psychiatric Administrators
- AAPA
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Asian American Psychological Association (www.aapaonline.org)
- AAPAA
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American Association of Psychiatrists in Alcoholism and Addictions
- AAPC
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American Association of Pastoral Counselors
- AAPCC
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American Association of Poison Control Centers (https://aapcc.org/)
The abbreviation AAPCC (American Association of Poison Control Centers) includes the abbreviation CC (Control Center).
- AAPD
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American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (https://www.aapd.org/)
- AAPD
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American Association of People with Disabilities (www.aapd-dc.org)
- AAPDF
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American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Foundation
- AAPH
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American Association for Partial Hospitalization
- AAPH
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Asian-Americans in Public Health
- AAPHD
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American Association of Public Health Dentistry (https://www.aaphd.org/)
- AAPHR
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American Association of Physicians for Human Rights
- AAPHV
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American Association of Public Health Veterinarians
- AAPI
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American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (http://aapiusa.org)
- AAPL
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American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (www.aapl.org)
- AAPM
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American Academy of Pain Management (www.aapainmanage.org)
- AAPM
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American Academy of Pain Medicine
- AAPM
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American Association of Physicists in Medicine
- AAPMR
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American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- AAPOR
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American Association for Public Opinion Research
- AAPOS
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American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
- AAPP
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American Academy on Physician and Patient
- AAPPO
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American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations
- AAPPT
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American Academy of Pediatrics Proficiency Testing
- AAPS
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American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
- AAPS
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American Association of Physician Specialists
- AAPS
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Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (www.aapsonline.org)
- AAPS
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American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences (www.aapspharmaceutica.com)
- AAPSA
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American Academy of Psychoanalysis
- AAPSC
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American Association of Psychiatric Services for Children
- AAPhA
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American Philological Association Abstracts
- AAQ
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Association d’Acupuncture du Québec
- AAR
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Association of American Railroads (https://www.aar.org/)
- AAR
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American Academy of Religion (www.aarweb.org)
- AARC
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American Association for Respiratory Care (https://www.aarc.org/)
The American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) is a non profit professional organization supporting respiratory care in the United States. The AARC encourages and promotes professional excellence, advances the science and practice of respiratory care, and serves as an advocate for patients and their families, the profession and the respiratory therapists.
- AARC
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Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre (www.aarc.ab.ca)
- AARD
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American Academy of Restorative Dentistry
- AARDA
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American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association
- AARHMS
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American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain
- AARN
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Alberta Association of Registered Nurses
- AARP
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American Association of Retired Persons
- AART
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American Association for Respiratory Therapy
- AAS
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American Association of Suicidology (www.suicidology.org)
- AAS
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts
- AASCIN
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American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses
- AASCIPSW
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American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers
- AASECT
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American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (www.aasect.org)
- AASECT
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American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists
- AASH
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American Association for the Study of Headache
- AASLD
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American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (www.aasld.org)
- AASLH
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American Association for State and Local History (www.aaslh.org)
- AASM
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Association of American Steel Manufacturers (www.steelnet.org)
- AASM
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American Academy of Sleep Medicine (www.aasmnet.org)
- AASP
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American Association for Social Psychiatry
- AASP
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American Association of Swine Practitioners (www.aasp.org)
- AASP
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American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
- AASRP
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American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners (www.aasrp.org)
- AASSWB
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American Association of State Social Work Boards
- AAST
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American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (https://www.aast.org/)
- AATA
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American Art Therapy Association (www.arttherapy.org)
- AATA
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American Association of Teachers of Arabic (http://aataweb.org)
- AATF
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American Association of Teachers of French (www.frenchteachers.org)
- AATG
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American Association of Teachers of German (www.aatg.org)
- AATI
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American Association of Teachers of Italian (www.aati-online.org)
- AATK
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American Association of Teachers of Korean (https://aatk.org/)
- AATQ
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Association des Arts-Thérapeutes du Québec
- AATS
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American Association for Thoracic Surgery (www.aats.org)
- AATSEEL
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American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages (https://www.aatseel.org/)
- AATSP
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American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (www.aatsp.org)
- AATT
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American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (https://aatturkic.org/)
- AAU
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Association of American Universities (www.aau.edu)
- AAVA
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American Association of Veterinary Anatomists
- AAVC
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American Association of Veterinary Clinicians
- AAVI
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American Association of Veterinary Immunologists (https://www.theaavi.org/)
- AAVI
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American Academy of Veterinary Informatics
- AAVLD
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American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians
- AAVMC
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Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (www.aavmc.org)
- AAVP
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American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists
- AAVPT
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American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- AAVSB
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American Association of Veterinary State Boards
- AAVSO
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American Association of Variable Star Observers (https://www.aavso.org/)
The abbreviation AAVSO (American Association of Variable Star Observers) is included in the abbreviation JAAVSO (Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers), and it includes the abbreviation AVSO (Association of Variable Star Observers).
- AAWD
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American Association of Women Dentists (https://www.aawd.org/)
- AAWM
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American Academy of Wound Management (www.aawm.org)
- AAWP
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American Association of Working People (www.aawp.org)
- AAWR
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American Association for Women Radiologists
- AAWV
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American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians (www.aawv.net)
- AAZK
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American Association of Zoo Keepers
- AAZV
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American Association of Zoo Veterinarians (www.aazv.org)
- AAoA
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American Alliance of Aromatherapy
- ABA
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American Board of Anesthesiology (www.theaba.org)
- ABA
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American Bar Association (www.abanet.org)
- ABAA
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Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (www.abaa.org)
- ABAC
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Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of Canada (www.abac.org)
= ALAC | Association de la Librairie Ancienne du Canada | In French
- ABAI
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American Board of Allergy & Immunology
- ABAM
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American Board of Ambulatory Medicine
- ABAW
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Asian Bar Association of Washington (www.abaw.org)
- ABB
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American Brotherhood for the Blind
- ABC
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American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics
- ABC
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American Broadcasting Company (https://abc.com/)
- ABCC
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American Board of Clinical Chemistry
- ABCN
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American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology (www.theabcn.org)
- ABCPD
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Alliance for Best Clinical Practices in Dentistry
- ABCRS
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American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery (www.abcrs.org)
- ABD
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American Board of Dermatology (www.abderm.org)
- ABD
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Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
= USA | United States of America | In English
= FS | Feriene Steaten | In Frisian
= США | Соединённые Штаты Америки | In Russian - ABDA
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American Board of Disability Analysts (www.americandisability.org)
- ABDPH
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American Board of Dental Public Health
- ABE
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American Board of Endodontics
- ABEA
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American Broncho-Esophagological Association
- ABEM
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American Board of Emergency Medicine (https://www.abem.org/public)
- ABFM
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American Board of Family Medicine (www.theabfm.org)
- ABFO
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American Board of Forensic Odontology (https://abfo.org/)
The American Board of Forensic Odontology (ABFO) is a nationwide dental organization specializing in establishing, enhancing and revising standards of qualifications for dentists practicing forensic odontology. It helps identify forensic scientists unequivocally qualified to provide professional services for the judicial and executive branches of government.
- ABFP
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American Board of Family Practice
- ABFP
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American Board of Forensic Psychiatry
- ABFT
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American Board of Forensic Toxicology
- ABGC
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American Board of Genetic Counseling
- ABHM
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American Board of Hyperbaric Medicine
- ABHPM
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American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- ABIH
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American Board of Industrial Hygiene
- ABIM
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American Board of Internal Medicine (www.abim.org)
- ABIME
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American Board of Independent Medical Examiners (www.abime.org)
- ABKA
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American Boarding Kennels Association
- ABLM
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American Board of Legal Medicine (www.ablminc.org)
- ABMA
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Army Ballistic Missile Agency
The abbreviation ABMA (Army Ballistic Missile Agency) includes the abbreviation BM (Ballistic Missile).
- ABMCM
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American Board of Managed Care Medicine
- ABMCN
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American Board of Managed Care Nursing
- ABMG
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American Board of Medical Genetics (www.abmg.org)
- ABMM
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American Board of Medical Management
- ABMP
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American Board of Medical Physics (www.abmpexam.com)
- ABMS
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American Board of Medical Specialties (www.abms.org)
- ABNCP
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Airborne National Command Post
The abbreviation ABNCP (Airborne National Command Post) is included in the abbreviation AABNCP (Advanced Airborne National Command Post).
- ABNH
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American Bank Note Holographics
- ABNJ
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Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey
- ABNM
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American Board of Nuclear Medicine (www.abnm.org)
- ABNN
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American Board of Neuroscience Nursing
- ABNS
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American Board of Neurological Surgery (www.abns.org)
- ABNS
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American Board of Nursing Specialties
- ABO
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American Board of Ophthalmology (www.abop.org)
- ABO
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American Board of Orthodontics (https://www.americanboardortho.com/)
- ABOG
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American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (www.abog.org)
- ABOHN
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American Board for Occupational Health Nurses (www.abohn.org)
- ABOMBI
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American Board of Minor Brain Injury
- ABOMP
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American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (www.abomp.org)
- ABOMR
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American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (www.aaomr.org)
- ABOMS
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American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (www.aboms.org)
- ABOP
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American Board of Orofacial Pain (www.abop.net)
- ABOS
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American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (www.abos.org)
- ABOto
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American Board of Otolaryngology (www.aboto.org)
- ABP
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American Board of Pathology (www.abpath.org)
- ABP
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American Board of Pediatrics
- ABP
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American Board of Periodontology (https://www.abperio.org/)
- ABP
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American Board of Prosthodontics (https://www.abpros.org/)
- ABPM
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American Board of Preventive Medicine (www.abprevmed.org)
- ABPMR
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American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (www.abpmr.org)
- ABPN
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American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (www.abpn.com)
- ABPNS
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American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery (www.abpns.org)
- ABPP
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American Board of Professional Psychology (www.abpp.org)
- ABPS
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American Board of Plastic Surgery
- ABQAURP
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American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians (https://www.abqaurp.org/)
The abbreviation ABQAURP (American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).
- ABR
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American Board of Radiology (http://theabr.org)
- ABS
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American Back Society (www.americanbacksoc.org)
- ABS
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American Behavioral Scientist (http://abs.sagepub.com)
- ABS
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American Board of Sexology
- ABS
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American Board of Surgery (www.absurgery.org)
- ABS
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American Brachytherapy Society (www.americanbrachytherapy.org)
- ABSA
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American Biological Safety Association (https://absa.org/)
- ABSC
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Association des Bibliothèques de la Santé du Canada
= CHLA | Canadian Health Libraries Association | In English
= MNCP | Mouvement National des Chômeurs et Précaires | In French
= EBD | École de Bibliothécaires Documentalistes | In French - ABSNM
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American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine (www.snm.org/absnm/)
- ABTA
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American Brain Tumor Association (https://www.abta.org/)
- ABTP
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American Board of Transcultural Psychiatry
- ABTS
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American Board of Thoracic Surgery (www.abts.org)
- ABVT
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American Board of Veterinary Toxicology (https://www.abvt.org/)
- ACA
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American Culture Association
- ACAP
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Association Canadienne d'Accès à l’information et de la Protection des renseignements personnels (www.capa.ca)
= CAPA | Canadian Access and Privacy Association | In English
- ACAP
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Association Canadienne de Conservation Aéronautique (www.capa-acca.com)
= CAPA | Canadian Aeronautical Preservation Association | In English
- ACARU
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Association Canadienne d'Administrateurs de Recherche Universitaire
= CAURA | Canadian Association of University Research Administrators | In English
- ACBD
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Association Canadienne des Bibliothèques de Droit (https://www.callacbd.ca/)
= CALL | Canadian Association of Law Libraries | In English
- ACCP
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American College of Clinical Pharmacy (www.accp.com)
- ACCR
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American Chiropractic College of Radiology
- ACDI
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Agence Canadienne de Développement International
= CIDA | Canadian International Development Agency | In English
- ACE
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American Cinema Editors (www.ace-filmeditors.org)
- ACEA
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Association Canadienne des Études Asiatiques
- ACEC
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American Council of Engineering Companies
- ACF
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American Car and Foundry
- ACF
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American Culinary Federation (www.acfchefs.org)
- ACFA
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American Cat Fanciers Association
- ACFO
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Association Canadienne-Française de l’Ontario
- ACFÉO
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Association Canadienne-Française d’Éducation d’Ontario
- ACGQ
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Association des Chirurgiens Généraux du Québec
- ACH
-
Automated Clearing House
- ACHA
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American Catholic Historical Association
- ACHR
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American Convention on Human Rights
- ACI
-
American Competitiveness Initiative
- ACIS
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American Conference for Irish Studies
- ACL
-
American Classical League (www.aclclassics.org)
- ACLAM
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American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine
- ACNP
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American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (https://acnp.org/)