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Agricultural & Food Research Council
AFRC
Allgemeine Elektrische Gesellschaft Telefunken
AEG TELEFUNKEN
Aluminum Company of America
ALCOA
American Broadcasting Company
ABC
American Chemical Society
ACS
American Society for Testing and Materials
ASTM
American Federation Labor - Congress Industrial Organization
AFL CIO
Argonne National Laboratory
ANL
Association for Computing Machinery
ACM
Atomic Energy Research Establishment
AERE
Bad Anilin & Soda Fabrik AG
BASF AG
Brookhaven National Laboratory
BNL
California Institute of Technology
CALTECH
Centers for Disease Control
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDCP
Centre Etudes Nucleaires Saclay
CENS
Centre Etudes Nucleaires
CEN
Centre Etudes Nucleaires Cadarache
CEN CADARACHE
Centre Etudes Nucleaires Fontenay aux Roses
CENFAR
Centre Etudes Nucleaires Grenoble
CEN GRENOBLE
Centre Etudes Nucleaires Studiecentrum Kerenergie
CEN SCK
Centre Etudes Recherche
CERN
Centre Hospitalier Regional
CHR
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
CHU
Centre Nazionale Recherche Scientifique
CNRS
City University of New York
CUNY
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Comitato Nazionale Energia Nucleaire
CNEN
Commission Energie Atomique
CEA
Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization
CSIRO
Consejo Superior Investigaciones Cientificas
CSIC
Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche
CNR
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
CSIR
Department of Scientific & Industrial Research
DSIR
Deutsche Elektronen Synchrotron
DESY
Deutsche Forschung & Veruchanstalt Luft & Raunfahrt EV
DFVLR
E. I. DuPont de Nemours
DUPONT CO
Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule
ETH
Equipe Recherche
ER
Equipe Recherche Associe
ERA
European Atomic Energy Community
EURATOM
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Food & Agricultural Organization
FAO
Formation Recherche Associe
FRA
General Electric Co.
GE
General Electric Company, England
GEC
General Motors Corporation
GM CORP
Illinois Institute of Technology
IIT
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
ICI PLC
Institute for Atomic Energy
IAE
Institute of Automobile Engineers
IAE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IEEE
Institute of Electronic Engineering
IEE
Institute National Recherche Agronomique
INRA
Institute National Sante & Recherche Medicale
INSERM
International Business Machines Corp.
IBM CORP
International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation
ITT CORP
Kernforschung Anlage Julich GMBH
KFA JULICH GMBH
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Medical Research Council
MRC
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
MAFF
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company
3M CO
National Aeronautics & Space Administration
NASA
National Broadcasting Company
NBC
National Cancer Institute
NCI
National Eye Institute
NEI
National Heart Lung & Blood Institute
NHLBI
National Institute Allergy & Infectious Diseases
NIAID
National Institute Arthritis Metabolism & Digestive Diseases
NIAMDD
National Institute Child Health & Human Development
NICHHD
National Institute Dental Research
NIDR
National Institute Mental Health
NIMH
National Institute Neurological & Communicative Disorders & Strokes
NINCDS
National Institutes of Health
NIH
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Natural Environment Research Council
NERC
New York University
NYU
Norges Tekniske Hogskole
NTH
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ORNL
Office Recherche Scientifique & Technologique Outre Mer
ORSTOM
Public Health Service
PHS
Radio Corporation of America
RCA CORP
Royal Air Force
RAF
Science & Engineering Research Council
SERC
Skf Ball Bearings
SKF
SmithKline & French
SK&F
Society of Automotive Engineers
SAE
Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
SPIE
State University of New York
SUNY
Stichting Fundamenteel Onderzoek Materie
FOM
Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek
TNO
UN Educational Scientific & Cultural Organization
UNESCO
Unite Enseignement & Recherche
UER
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
UKAEA
United Nations
UN
University of Wales Institute of Science & Technology
UNWIST
US Air Force
USAF
US Army
USA
US Department of Agriculture
USDA
US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service
USDA ARS
US Department of Agriculture Science & Education Administration
USDA SEA
US Department of Energy
US DOE
US Department of Health & Human Services
US DEPT HHS
US Department of Health Education & Welfare
US DEPT HEW
US Energy Research & Development Administration
US ERDA
US Environmental Protection Agency
US EPA
US Food & Drug Administration
US FDA
US Navy
USN
US Public Health Service
US PHS
World Health Organization
WHO

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