|
AAA
|
Agricultural Adjustment Act
|
|
ACGIH
|
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
|
|
BAF
|
bioaccumulation factor
|
|
BCF
|
bioconcentration factor
|
|
brd
|
bird (domestic or lab)
|
|
BRN
|
brain
|
|
bwd
|
wild bird species
|
|
C.
|
centigrade
|
|
CAA
|
Clean Air Act
|
|
CAS
|
Chemical Abstract Service
|
|
C.C.
|
closed cup
|
|
cc
|
ceiling concentration
|
|
cc
|
cubic centimetres
|
|
C.C.C.
|
Cleveland closed cup
|
|
CERCLA
|
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
|
|
CFR
|
Code of Federal Regulations
|
|
chd
|
child
|
|
C.I.
|
confidence interval
|
|
ckn
|
chicken
|
|
C.L.
|
confidence limits
|
|
CNS
|
central nervous system
|
|
C.O.C.
|
Cleveland open cup
|
|
ctl
|
cattle
|
|
cu m
|
cubic metre
|
|
CVS
|
cardiovascular system
|
|
CWA
|
Clean Water Act
|
|
d
|
day
|
|
dck
|
duck
|
|
D.O.
|
dissolved oxygen
|
|
DOT
|
U.S. Department of Transporation
|
|
EC50
|
Median effect concentration - the combined total percentage of organisms immobilized, organisms exhibiting loss of equilibrium, and possibly resulting in death
|
|
ED
|
effective dose
|
|
E-L
|
embryo-larval stage
|
|
ELS
|
early life stage
|
|
EM
|
ecological magnification factor
|
|
EPA
|
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
|
|
EVC
|
eviscerated carcass
|
|
F.
|
Fahrenheit
|
|
FFDA
|
Federal Food and Drug Administration
|
|
FFDCA
|
Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act
|
|
FIFRA
|
Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
|
|
FIL
|
Fillet or Muscle
|
|
FLD
|
field study
|
|
FR
|
Federal Register
|
|
frg
|
frog
|
|
FSA
|
Federal Seed Act
|
|
FT
|
flow-through
|
|
FWPCA
|
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
|
|
gpg
|
guinea pig
|
|
grb
|
gerbil
|
|
ham
|
hamster
|
|
hmn
|
human
|
|
HMTA
|
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
|
|
HNOAEL
|
Highest No Observed Adverse Effect Level
|
|
hr
|
hour
|
|
ial
|
intraaural
|
|
IARC
|
International Agency for Research in Cancer
|
|
iat
|
intraarterial
|
|
ice
|
intracerebral
|
|
icu
|
intracervical
|
|
idr
|
intradermal
|
|
idu
|
intraduodenal
|
|
IF
|
intermittent flow
|
|
ihl
|
inhalation
|
|
imm
|
immersion
|
|
imp
|
implant
|
|
ims
|
intramuscular
|
|
inf
|
infant
|
|
inj
|
injection (tissue unspecified)
|
|
ipc
|
intraplacental
|
|
ipl
|
intrapleural
|
|
ipr
|
intraperitoneal
|
|
irn
|
intrarenal
|
|
isp
|
intraspinal
|
|
itr
|
intratracheal
|
|
ivs
|
intravasinal
|
|
ivn
|
intravenous
|
|
kg
|
kilogram
|
|
l
|
litre
|
|
LC
|
life cycle
|
|
LC50
|
The statistically determined concentration which induces death to 50% of organisms tested following a single exposure
|
|
LD50
|
The statistically determined dose which induces death to 50% of organisms tested following the administration of a single dose of compound
|
|
LDlo
|
lowest lethal dose tested
|
|
LClo
|
lowest lethal concentration tested
|
|
leu
|
leukocyte
|
|
LIV
|
liver
|
|
LOAEL
|
Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level
|
|
lug
|
lung
|
|
lym
|
lymphocyte
|
|
M
|
Molar
|
|
m
|
metre
|
|
mam
|
mammal (species unspecified)
|
|
mar
|
mammary gland
|
|
mg
|
milligram
|
|
min
|
minute
|
|
mkg
|
monkey
|
|
ml
|
millilitre
|
|
mmHg
|
millimetre of mercury
|
|
mo
|
month
|
|
mol
|
mole
|
|
MON
|
monitoring data
|
|
mos
|
months
|
|
msl
|
muscle
|
|
mul
|
multiple routes
|
|
mur
|
mouse
|
|
ng
|
nanogram
|
|
NG
|
not given
|
|
NIOSH
|
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
|
|
nmol
|
nanomole
|
|
NOAEL
|
No Observed Adverse Effect Level
|
|
NOEL
|
No Observed Effect Level
|
|
N.O.S.
|
not otherwise specified (not isomer specific)
|
|
n.s.i.
|
no specific isomer
|
|
O.C.
|
open cup
|
|
ocu
|
ocular
|
|
OFL
|
offal
|
|
ORG
|
unidentified organ
|
|
orl
|
oral
|
|
OSHA
|
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
|
|
ovr
|
ovary
|
|
pc
|
peak concentration
|
|
PEL
|
Permissable Exposure Limit
|
|
pg
|
picogram
|
|
pgn
|
pigeon
|
|
PHSA
|
Public Health Service Act
|
|
PLC
|
partial life cycle
|
|
pmol
|
picomole
|
|
PNS
|
peripheral nervous system
|
|
ppb
|
parts per billion
|
|
pph
|
parts per hundred (percent)
|
|
ppm
|
parts per million
|
|
ppt
|
parts per trillion
|
|
ppth
|
parts per thousand
|
|
qal
|
quail
|
|
RBC
|
red blood cell
|
|
rbt
|
rabbit
|
|
RCRA
|
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
|
|
rec
|
rectal
|
|
REN
|
renewal
|
|
SCE
|
sister chromatid exchange
|
|
scu
|
subcutaneous
|
|
S.D.
|
standard deviation
|
|
sec
|
second
|
|
skn
|
skin
|
|
sql
|
squirrel
|
|
SS
|
steady state
|
|
ST
|
static test
|
|
STEL
|
Short Term Exposure Limit
|
|
STO
|
stomach
|
|
STP
|
Standard Temperature and Pressure
|
|
tc
|
toxic concentration
|
|
td
|
toxic dose
|
|
tes
|
testicle
|
|
TLV
|
Threshold Limit Value
|
|
tod
|
toad
|
|
torr
|
the pressure required to support 1 millimetre of mercury at 0 degrees C
|
|
trk
|
turkey
|
|
TWA
|
Time Weighted Average
|
|
U-D
|
uptake and depuration
|
|
ug
|
microgram
|
|
umol
|
micromole
|
|
VIS
|
viscera or offal
|
|
WB
|
whole body
|
|
WBC
|
white blood cell
|
|
wk
|
week
|
|
wmn
|
woman
|
|
y
|
year
|
|
%
|
percent
|
