Nineteenth Interim Report of the Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Part A (2011)
Chapter: Abbreviations
Abbreviations
ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
AEGL acute exposure guideline level
AN acrylonitrile
ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
BCME bis-chloromethyl ether
BEI Biological Exposure Index
BMCL05 benchmark concentration with its lower confidence limit at a 5% extra risk
BZ 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate
CEEL community emergency exposure level
CEO cyanoethylene oxide
CMME chloromethyl methyl ether
DA diphenylchloroarsine
ED ethyldichloroarsine
ED50 the dose of a substance that causes an effect in 50% of the exposed population
EHS extremely hazardous substances
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ERPG emergency response planning guidelines
H2SO4 sulfuric acid
HBr hydrogen bromide
HCl hydrogen chloride
HFA hexafluoroacetone
ICt50 concentration and time of a substance that causes incapacitation to 50% of an exposed population
IDLH immediately dangerous to life or health
IRIS Integrated Risk Information System
L liter
L-1 lewisite-1
L-2 lewisite-2
L-3 lewisite-3
LC01 lethal concentration to 1% of the exposed population
LC50 concentration of a substance that is lethal to 50% of the exposed population
LCt50 concentration and time of a substance that is lethal to 50% of the exposed population
LOAEL lowest-observed-adverse-effect level
m3 cubic meter
MAC maximum accepted concentration
MAK maximum workplace concentration
MD methyldichloroarsine
Mg milligram
min minute
mmHg millimeters of mercury
NAC National Advisory Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NO nitric oxide
NO2 nitrogen dioxide
N2O4 nitrogen tetroxide
NOAEL no-observed-adverse-effect level
NOEL no-observed-effect level
NRC National Research Council
OSHA Occupational Health and Safety Administration
PBPK physiologically based pharmacokinetic
PD phenyldichloroarsine
POD point of departure
ppm part per million
RD50 concentration of a substance that reduces the respiratory rate of test organisms by 50%
REL recommended exposure limit (NIOSH)
SMAC spacecraft maximum allowable concentration
SO3 sulfur trioxide
SOP standing operating procedures
STEL short-term exposure limit
TMB trimethylbenzene
TLV Threshold Limit Value
TRI Toxics Release Inventory
TSD technical support document
UF uncertainty factor
WEEL workplace environmental exposure limit
