Seventeenth Interim Report of the Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (2010)
Chapter: Abbreviations
Abbreviations
ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, a member-based organization for advancement of occupational and environmental health.
ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, a federal public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
AVT auditory vigilance task
BEI biologic exposure index
CalEPA California Environmental Protection Agency
CAS Chemical Abstracts Service
CEEL Department of Health and Human Services community emergency exposure levels
CHPPM U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
DCM dichloromethane (also known as methylene chloride)
DOD U.S. Department of Defense
DOT U.S. Department of Transportation
CNS central nervous system
COHb carboxyhemoglobin
EEG electroencephalography
EEGL emergency exposure guideline level
EHS extremely hazardous substance
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 second
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
ICPS International Programme on Chemical Safety
IDLH immediately dangerous to life or health
IRIS Integrated Risk Information System
LC50 concentration of a substance that is lethal to 50% of test organisms in a given time
LD50 dose of a substance that is lethal to 50% of test organisms in a given time
LOEL lowest-observed-effect level
LOAEL lowest observed-adverse-effect level
MEG military exposure guideline
MF modifying factor
NAC National Advisory Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NOAEL no-observed-adverse-effect level
NOEL no-observed-effect level
NTIS National Technical Information Service
NTP National Toxicology Program
OEHHA California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PBPK physiologically based pharmacokinetic
PNS peripheral nervous system
POD point of departure
RBC red blood cell
RD50 concentration of a substance that reduced the respiratory rate of test organisms by 50% REL reference exposure level
RIVM Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
SD standard deviation
SOP Standing Operating Procedures for Developing Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Chemicals
SRaw specific airway resistance
STEL short-term exposure limit
TCE trichloroethylene
TCOH trichloroethanol
TLV Threshold Limit Value
TSD technical support document
UF uncertainty factor
WEEL workplace environmental exposure limit
