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- ACGIH
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
- ACOEM
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- ADI
acceptable daily intake
- ADME
absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion
- AED
atomic emission detection
- AFID
alkali flame ionization detector
- AFOSH
Air Force Office of Safety and Health
- ALT
alanine aminotransferase
- AML
acute myeloid leukemia
- AOAC
Association of Official Analytical Chemists
- AOEC
Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics
- AP
alkaline phosphatase
- APHA
American Public Health Association
- AST
aspartate aminotransferase
- atm
atmosphere
- ATSDR
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- AWQC
Ambient Water Quality Criteria
- BAT
best available technology
- BCF
bioconcentration factor
- BEI
Biological Exposure Index
- BMD/C
benchmark dose or benchmark concentration
- BMDX
dose that produces a X% change in response rate of an adverse effect
- BMDLX
95% lower confidence limit on the BMDX
- BMDS
Benchmark Dose Software
- BMR
benchmark response
- BSC
Board of Scientific Counselors
- C
centigrade
- CAA
Clean Air Act
- CAG
Cancer Assessment Group of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- CAS
Chemical Abstract Services
- CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CEL
cancer effect level
- CELDS
Computer-Environmental Legislative Data System
- CERCLA
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
- CFR
Code of Federal Regulations
- Ci
curie
- CI
confidence interval
- CL
ceiling limit value
- CLP
Contract Laboratory Program
- cm
centimeter
- CML
chronic myeloid leukemia
- CPSC
Consumer Products Safety Commission
- CWA
Clean Water Act
- DHEW
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
- DHHS
Department of Health and Human Services
- DNA
deoxyribonucleic acid
- DOD
Department of Defense
- DOE
Department of Energy
- DOL
Department of Labor
- DOT
Department of Transportation
- DOT/UN/
Department of Transportation/United Nations/
- NA/IMDG
North America/Intergovernmental Maritime Dangerous Goods Code
- DWEL
drinking water exposure level
- ECD
electron capture detection
- ECG/EKG
electrocardiogram
- EEG
electroencephalogram
- EEGL
Emergency Exposure Guidance Level
- EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
- F
Fahrenheit
- F1
first-filial generation
- FAO
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
- FDA
Food and Drug Administration
- FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
- FIFRA
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
- FPD
flame photometric detection
- fpm
feet per minute
- FR
Federal Register
- FSH
follicle stimulating hormone
- g
gram
- GC
gas chromatography
- gd
gestational day
- GLC
gas liquid chromatography
- GPC
gel permeation chromatography
- HPLC
high-performance liquid chromatography
- HRGC
high resolution gas chromatography
- HSDB
Hazardous Substance Data Bank
- IARC
International Agency for Research on Cancer
- IDLH
immediately dangerous to life and health
- ILO
International Labor Organization
- IRIS
Integrated Risk Information System
- Kd
adsorption ratio
- kg
kilogram
- kkg
metric ton
- Koc
organic carbon partition coefficient
- Kow
octanol-water partition coefficient
- L
liter
- LC
liquid chromatography
- LC50
lethal concentration, 50% kill
- LCLo
lethal concentration, low
- LD50
lethal dose, 50% kill
- LDLo
lethal dose, low
- LDH
lactic dehydrogenase
- LH
luteinizing hormone
- LOAEL
lowest-observed-adverse-effect level
- LSE
Levels of Significant Exposure
- LT50
lethal time, 50% kill
- m
meter
- MA
trans,trans-muconic acid
- MAL
maximum allowable level
- mCi
millicurie
- MCL
maximum contaminant level
- MCLG
maximum contaminant level goal
- MF
modifying factor
- MFO
mixed function oxidase
- mg
milligram
- mL
milliliter
- mm
millimeter
- mmHg
millimeters of mercury
- mmol
millimole
- mppcf
millions of particles per cubic foot
- MRL
Minimal Risk Level
- MS
mass spectrometry
- NAAQS
National Ambient Air Quality Standard
- NAS
National Academy of Science
- NATICH
National Air Toxics Information Clearinghouse
- NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NCE
normochromatic erythrocytes
- NCEH
National Center for Environmental Health
- NCI
National Cancer Institute
- ND
not detected
- NFPA
National Fire Protection Association
- ng
nanogram
- NHANES
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
- NIEHS
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- NIOSH
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- NIOSHTIC
NIOSH's Computerized Information Retrieval System
- NLM
National Library of Medicine
- nm
nanometer
- nmol
nanomole
- NOAEL
no-observed-adverse-effect level
- NOES
National Occupational Exposure Survey
- NOHS
National Occupational Hazard Survey
- NPD
nitrogen phosphorus detection
- NPDES
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
- NPL
National Priorities List
- NR
not reported
- NRC
National Research Council
- NS
not specified
- NSPS
New Source Performance Standards
- NTIS
National Technical Information Service
- NTP
National Toxicology Program
- ODW
Office of Drinking Water, EPA
- OERR
Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, EPA
- OHM/TADS
Oil and Hazardous Materials/Technical Assistance Data System
- OPP
Office of Pesticide Programs, EPA
- OPPT
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, EPA
- OPPTS
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, EPA
- OR
odds ratio
- OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- OSW
Office of Solid Waste, EPA
- OTS
Office of Toxic Substances
- OW
Office of Water
- OWRS
Office of Water Regulations and Standards, EPA
- PAH
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
- PBPD
physiologically based pharmacodynamic
- PBPK
physiologically based pharmacokinetic
- PCE
polychromatic erythrocytes
- PEL
permissible exposure limit pg picogram
- PHS
Public Health Service
- PID
photo ionization detector
- pmol
picomole PMR proportionate mortality ratio
- ppb
parts per billion
- ppm
parts per million
- ppt
parts per trillion
- PSNS
pretreatment standards for new sources
- RBC
red blood cell
- REL
recommended exposure level/limit
- RfC
reference concentration
- RfD
reference dose
- RNA
ribonucleic acid
- RQ
reportable quantity
- RTECS
Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances
- SARA
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
- SCE
sister chromatid exchange
- SGOT
serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase
- SGPT
serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase
- SIC
standard industrial classification
- SIM
selected ion monitoring
- SMCL
secondary maximum contaminant level
- SMR
standardized mortality ratio
- SNARL
suggested no adverse response level
- SPEGL
Short-Term Public Emergency Guidance Level
- STEL
short term exposure limit
- STORET
Storage and Retrieval
- TD50
toxic dose, 50% specific toxic effect
- TLV
threshold limit value
- TOC
total organic carbon
- TPQ
threshold planning quantity
- TRI
Toxics Release Inventory
- TSCA
Toxic Substances Control Act
- TWA
time-weighted average
- UF
uncertainty factor
- U.S.
United States
- USDA
United States Department of Agriculture
- USGS
United States Geological Survey
- VOC
volatile organic compound
- WBC
white blood cell
- WHO
World Health Organization
- >
greater than
- ≥
greater than or equal to
- =
equal to
- <
less than
- ≤
less than or equal to
- %
percent
- α
alpha
- β
beta
- γ
gamma
- δ
delta
- µm
micrometer
- µg
microgram
- q1*
cancer slope factor
- −
negative
- +
positive
- (+)
weakly positive result
- (−)
weakly negative result