List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

B: bioaccumulative
BAF--QSAR: bioaccumulation factor -- quantitative structure-activity relationship
BAF: bioaccumulation factor
BCF: bioconcentration factor
BDE: brominated dipheynyl ether
BDF: brominated dibenzofuran
BDL: below detection limit
BMF: biomagnification factor
bw: body weight
bw/d: body weight per day
CEPA 1999: Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
CF: confidence factor
Ci/mol: curies/mol
cm: centimetre
d: day or days
DE: diphenyl ether
decaBDE: decabromodiphenyl ether
DL: detection limit
dw: dry weight
ECNI: electron capture negative ionization
ED: dietary assimilation efficiency
EI: electron ionization
FID: flame ionization detector
g: grams
GC: gas chromatography
GC/MS: gas chromatography / mass spectrometry
GC–ECD: gas chromatography – electron capture detection
GI: gastrointestinal
h: hour or hours
heptaBDE: heptabromodiphenyl ether
hexaBDE: hexabromodiphenyl ether
HIPS: high-impact polystyrene
HRGC: high-performance liquid chromatography
HRMS: high-resolution mass spectrometry
HRMS: high-resolution mass spectrometry
k₂: elimination rate constant
k_E: fecal egestion rate constant
kG: growth rate constant
kg/d: kilograms per day
k_M: metobolic rate constant
K_oa: octanol-air partition coefficient
KOAWIN: model for prediction of octanol-air partition coefficient
K_ow: octanol-water partition coefficient
k_T: total elimination rate
L: litre
lipid: lipid weight
LRMS: low-resolution mass spectrometry
M: molarity, as the number of moles of a solute in 1 litre of solution
MDL: method detection limit
mg/d: milligrams per day
mg/kg: milligrams per kilogram
mL: millilitre
mmol/kg: millimole per kilogram
mPa: millipascal
MMP: Molecular Modeling Pro
n: number of samples
ng/d: nanogram per day
ng/g: nanogram per gram
nm: nanometre
nonaBDE: nonabromodiphenyl ether
OC: organic carbon
octaBDE: octabromodiphenyl ether
P: persistent
PBDD: polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxin
PBDE: polybrominated diphenyl ether
PBDF: polybrominated dibenzofuran
PCB: polychlorinated biphenyl
pentaBDE: pentabromodiphenyl ether
pg/g: picogram pergram
QSAR: quantitative structure-activity relationship
QSPR: quantitative structure-property relationships
sediment BSAFs: sediment biota-sediment accumulation factors
soil BSAFs: soil biota-soil accumulation factors
SRM: standard reference material
TCE: trichlorethane
tetraBDE: tetrabromodiphenyl ether
THF: tetrahydrofuran
TMF: trophic magnification factor
TSMP: Toxic Substances Management Policy
TTR: transthyretin
µg: micograms
µg/kg: micrograms per kilogram
µg/L: micrograms per litre
µm: micrometer
µmol/kg: micromole per kilogram
UK: United Kingdom
US: United States
UV: ultraviolet
v/v: volume per volume
w/w: weight per weight
ww: wet weight
WWTP: wastewater treatment plant

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