List of Abbreviations

Abbreviation Meaning µg Microgram inhalation µg/L Microgram per liter µg/m³ Microgram per cubic meter ≤ Less than or equal to ≥ Greater than or equal to (mg/kg-day)^-1 Inverse milligrams per kilogram day ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Agricult. Agricultural As Arsenic BBP Butyl benzyl phthalate BaP Benzo(a)pyrene Backgrd. Background CAS Chemical Abstract Service CI Confidence interval CNS Central nervous system Comm. Commercial Contam Contaminated Cr Chromium DEHP Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate DEP Diethyl phthalate E (e.g. E-2) Exponent (=10^-2) EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Exper. Experimental Expos. Exposure Hazard. Hazardous IRIS Integrated Risk Information System IRR Incidence rate ratio IUGR Intrauterine growth retardation IgG Immunoglobulin G IgM Immunoglobulin M Industr. Industrial Ingest. Ingestion Inhal. Inhalation Inject. Injection Intraper. Intraperitoneal Intratrach instill. Intratracheal instillation LOAEL Lowest observed adverse effect level MCL Maximum contaminant level MRL Minimum risk levels Mn Manganese NCEA National Center for Environmental Assessment NDMA N-nitrosodimethlyamine NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health NTP National Toxicology Program Neonatal Birth to one year OPP Office of Pesticide Programs OR Odds ratio Occup. Occupational PCB Polychlorinated biphenyls PVC Polyvinyl chloride Pb Lead Popul. Population Presum. Presumably RQ Reportable quantity RR Relative risk Resid. Residential RfC Reference concentration RfD Reference dose SAB Spontaneous abortion SRBC Sheep red blood cells TCA 1,1,1-trichloroethane TCE Trichloroethylene TEQs Toxic equivalencies UST Underground storage tank VC Vinyl chloride Young 1-18 years metHb Methemoglobinemia mg/L Milligram per liter mg/day Milligram per day mg/kg Milligram per kilogram mg/kg-day Milligram per kilogram per day mg/m³ Milligram per cubic meter n Subject number ppb Parts per billion ppm Parts per million subc. Subcutaneous vol % Percent volume y Year

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