Acronyms and abbreviations

ABV

Alcohol by Volume

AMR

Anti-microbial Resistance

AVIESAN

Alliance national pour les sciences de la vie et de la santé, National alliance for human sciences and health

BMI

Body mass index

COPD

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder

DDD

Daily Defined Dose

DKK

Danish Krone

DMAT

Local disaster Medical Assistance Teams

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

DSIS

Disaster Situation Information System

DTC

Direct-to-consumer

DTP

Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis

EAP

Employee Assistance Programmes

EMR

Electronic Medical Record

EOC

Emergency Operations Center

FDA

United States Food and Drug Administration

GBP

British Pounds

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GHFM

Genomics Health Futures Mission

GISAH

Global Information System on Alcohol and Health

HIRA

Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service

HRN

Human Rights Network

HuBIS

Human Biobank Information Systems

IHD

Ischemic Heart Disease

IHD

Ischaemic Heart Disease

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

ISP

Individualised Service Plan

JPN

Japanese Yen

KAPO

Korea Alliance of Patient Organizations

KARE

Korean Association REsource

KBN

Korean Biobank Network

KCDC

Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

KHPI

Korea Health Promotion Institute

KHPI

Korean Health Promotion Institute

KIFTE

Korean Institute of Genetic Test Evaluation

KNHANES

Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

KoGAP

Korean Genome Analysis Project

KoGES

Korean Genome Epidemiology Study

KBP

Korea Biobank Project

KRG

Korean Reference Genome

KRW

Korean Won

LTC

Long-term care

LTCI

Long-term care insurance

MERS/MERS-COV

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

MFDC

Ministry of Food and Drug Safety

MOE

Ministry of Environment

MOEL

Ministry of Employment and Labor

MOHW

Ministry of Health and Welfare

MOIS

Ministry of Interior and Safety

MOTIE

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

NCD

Non-communicable Disease

NCSP

National Cancer Screening Programme

NDMI

National Disaster Management Institute

NDSCC

National Disaster Safety Control Center

NDSCC

National Disaster and Safety Control Center

NECA

National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency

NEMC

National Emergency Medical Center

NFA

National Fire Agency

NGS

Next-generation Sequencing

NHI

National Health Insurance

NHIS

National Health Insurance Service

NIP

National Immunization Programme

NNIDSS

National Notifiable Infectious Disease Surveillance System

NRA

National Risk Assessment

OECD

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

PHIS

Public Health Information System

SARS/SARS-CoV

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus

SJK

Korean individual genome sequence

TB

Tuberculosis

USD

United States Dollar

WES

Whole Exome Sequencing

WGS

Whole Genome Sequencing

WHO

World Health Organization