Organizations and associations
- Code
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Meaning
Language
Themes and places
- AANP
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American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
- AANP
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American Association of Neuropathologists (www.neuropath.org)
- AANS
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American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- AAO
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Alberta Association of Optometrists
- AAO
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American Association of Orthodontists
- AAOB
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American Association of Oral Biologists
- AAOF
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American Association of Orthodontists Foundation
- AAOHN
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American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
- AAOM
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American Association of Oriental Medicine
- AAOM
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Association of Assessing Officers of Manitoba (https://aaom.mb.ca/)
- AAOMS
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American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
- AAON
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American Association of Office Nurses
- AAOPAC
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American Association of Orthodontists Political Action Committee
- AAOT
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Asociación Argentina de Ortopedia y Traumatología
- AAP
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American Academy of Psychotherapists
- AAP
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Association for Academic Psychiatry
- AAP
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Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
- AAP
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Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
- AAP
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Association of Academic Physiatrists
- AAP
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Association of American Physicians (http://aap-online.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
- AAPB
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Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
- 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).
- AAPCHO
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Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
- AAPD
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American Association of People with Disabilities (www.aapd-dc.org)
- AAPH
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American Association for Partial Hospitalization
- AAPH
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Association for the Advancement of Private 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)
- AAPI
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Association d'Aide aux Personnes Incontinentes
- AAPIL
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Association pour un Avenir Professionnel des Infirmiers Libéraux
- AAPM
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American Association of Physicists in Medicine
- AAPOR
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American Association for Public Opinion Research
- AAPOS
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American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
- AAPPMA
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Association Agréée de Pêche et de Protection des Milieux Aquatiques
- AAPPO
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American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations
- 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)
- AAPSC
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American Association of Psychiatric Services for Children
- AAPT
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Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
- AAPTC
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Australian Association of Paediatric Teaching Centres
- AAQ
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Association d’Acupuncture du Québec
- AAQTE
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Association pour l'Assurance Qualité en Thérapeutique et l'Évaluation
- AAR
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Association of American Railroads (https://www.aar.org/)
- AAR
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Association of Artists' Representatives
- AAR
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Association Aéronautique de Rochecourbe
- 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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Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies (www.aarcroyalties.com)
- AARC
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Assassination Archives and Research Center (www.aarclibrary.org)
- AARDA
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American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association
- AARLIN
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Australian Academic and Research Library Network
- AARN
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Alberta Association of Registered Nurses
- AARN
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Association for Australian Rural Nurses (www.arnm.asn.au)
- 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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Association for Academic Surgery
- AAS
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Australian Association of Surgeons
- AASA
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Association des Aides-Soignants d'Auvergne
- 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)
- 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
- AASP
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Associação dos Advogados de São Paulo
- AASQA
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Associations Agréées de Surveillance de la Qualité de l'Air
- AASQA
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Association Agréée de la Surveillance de la Qualité de l'Air
- 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/)
- AASTOM
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Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology of Malawi
- AASW
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Australian Association of Social Workers (www.aasw.asn.au)
- 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)
- AATBS
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Association for Advanced Training in Behavioral Sciences
- 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)
- AAU
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Ambiances Architectures Urbanités
- AAV
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Association of Avian Veterinarians (https://www.aav.org/)
- AAV
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Algemene Aannemers Vereniging
- AAV
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Asociación Argentina de Vexilología
- AAVA
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American Association of Veterinary Anatomists
- AAVC
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American Association of Veterinary Clinicians
- AAVCB
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Australian Association of Veterinary Conservation Biologists
- AAVDI
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Australasian Association of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging
- AAVI
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American Association of Veterinary Immunologists (https://www.theaavi.org/)
- 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
- 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/)
- 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)
- AAcA
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Australian Acupuncture Association
- AAoA
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American Alliance of Aromatherapy
- AB
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Akcinė bendrovė
= AK | Akcia Kompanio | In Esperanto
= AT | Акцыянэрнае таварыства | In Bulgarian
= AS | Aktsiaselts | In Estonian
= AG | Aktiengesellschaft | In German
= DD | Dioničko Društvo | In Croatian
= AS | Aksjeselskap | In Norwegian
= SpA | Società per Azioni | In Italian
= AS | Aktieselskab | In Danish
= SA | Spółka Akcyjna | In Polish
= SA | Societăţi pe Acţiuni | In Romanian
= AB | Aktiebolag | In Swedish
= AD | Akcionarsko Društvo | In Serbian
= DD | Delniška Družba | In Slovenian
= AS | Akciová Spoločnosť | In Slovak
= AS | Akciová Společnost | In Czech
= AT | Акціонерне товариство | In Ukrainian - AB
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Aktiebolag
= AK, AT, AS, AG, DD, SpA, SA, AD (see above)
- AB3L
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Association Béninoise pour la Promotion de Linux et des Logiciels Libres
- ABA
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American Board of Anesthesiology (www.theaba.org)
- ABA
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Association for Behavior Analysis
- ABA
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Australian Biotechnology Association (www.ausbiotech.org)
- ABA
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American Bar Association (www.abanet.org)
- ABA
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Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association (www.aba.org.uk)
- 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
- ABAI
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Associação Brasileira de Administração Industrial
- ABAL
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Associação Brasileira de Alumínio (www.abal.org.br)
- ABAM
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American Board of Ambulatory Medicine
- ABAPI
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Associação Brasileira dos Agentes de Propriedade Industrial
- ABAW
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Asian Bar Association of Washington (www.abaw.org)
- ABB
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American Brotherhood for the Blind
- ABBL
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Associatie voor Behoorlijke Bestuur en Liberalisatie
- ABC
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Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (https://abceram.org.br/)
- ABC
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American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics
- ABC
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Association of Black Cardiologists
- ABC
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Associação Brasileira de Cosmetologia (www.abc-cosmetologia.org.br)
- ABC
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American Broadcasting Company (https://abc.com/)
- ABCC
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American Board of Clinical Chemistry
- ABCD
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Advisory Board on Cat Diseases
- ABCD
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Association of Biomedical Communications Directors
- ABCE
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Associação Brasileira das Concessionárias de Energia Elétrica
- ABCN
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American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology (www.theabcn.org)
- ABCP
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Associação Brasileira de Cimento Portland
- ABCPD
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Alliance for Best Clinical Practices in Dentistry
- ABCPH
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Association Brie-Champagne de la Pharmacie Hospitalière
- ABCRS
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American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery (www.abcrs.org)
- ABCS
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Associazione Bertoni per la Cooperazione e lo Sviluppo nel Terzo Mondo
- ABCSG
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Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group
- ABCT
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Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
- ABD
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American Board of Dermatology (www.abderm.org)
- ABD
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Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Berufs- und Umweltdermatologie
- ABD
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Association Belge de Documentation (https://www.abd-bvd.be/fr/)
L’Association Belge de Documentation (ABD-BVD) est une association professionnelle regroupant des spécialistes de l’information et de la documentation exerçant en Belgique. L’ABD-BVD a pour objectifs : d’étudier et de promouvoir les métiers liés à la gestion de l’information et de la documentation ; de tenir ses membres informés de l’évolution des méthodes et techniques de gestion de l’information et de la documentation […].
= BVD | Belgische Vereniging voor Documentatie | In Dutch
- ABDA
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American Board of Disability Analysts (www.americandisability.org)
- ABDC
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Association of Birth Defect Children
- ABDI
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Association Belge de Droit de l'Informatique
- ABDIB
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Associação Brasileira da Infra-Estrutura e Indústrias de Base
- ABDPH
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American Board of Dental Public Health
- ABE
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American Board of Endodontics
- ABE
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Associação Brasileira de Epilepsia (www.epilepsiabrasil.org.br)
- ABEA
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American Broncho-Esophagological Association
- ABEA
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Association of Bulgarian Energy Agencies
- ABECAFE
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Associação Brasileira dos Exportadores de Café (www.abecafe.com.br)
- ABECITRUS
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Associação Brasileira dos Exportadores de Cítricos
- ABECORTEL
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Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Engenharia de Telecomunicações
- ABEF
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Associação Brasileira dos Produtores e Exportadores de Frangos
- ABEM
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American Board of Emergency Medicine (https://www.abem.org/public)
- ABEQ
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Associação Brasileira de Engenharia Química
- ABES
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Agence Bibliographique de l’Enseignement Supérieur (https://abes.fr/)
- ABF
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Association des Bibliothécaires Français
- ABF
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Associação Brasileira de Franchising
- ABF
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Den Danske Antikvarboghandlerforening (www.antikvar.dk)
- 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
- ABH
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Association for the Bibliography of History
- ABHI
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Association of British Healthcare Industries (https://www.abhi.org.uk)
= ABHI | Association of British HealthTech Industries | In English
- ABHI
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Association of British HealthTech Industries (https://www.abhi.org.uk)
= ABHI (see above)
- ABHM
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American Board of Hyperbaric Medicine
- ABHM
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Association of Behavioral Healthcare Management
- ABHM
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Association of Building Hardware Manufacturers
- ABHO
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Associação Brasileira de Higienistas Ocupacionais
- ABHPM
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American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- ABI
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Associatie van Binnenlandse Industriëlen
- ABI
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Associação Brasileira de Imprensa (www.abi.org.br)
- ABI
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Associazione Bancaria Italiana (www.abi.it)
- ABIA
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Associação Brasileira das Indústrias da Alimentação
- ABIC
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Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Café
- ABIFA
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Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Fundição
- ABIFA
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Associação Brasileira de Fundição
- ABIFARMA
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Associação Brasileira da Indústria Farmacêutica
- ABIFINA
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Associação Brasileira das Indústrias de Química Fina, Biotecnologia e suas Especialidades