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Appendix A: List of acronyms

ALARA
as low as reasonably achievable
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
As
arsenic
ASTM
American Society for Testing and Materials
DMAIII
dimethylarsinous acid
DMAV
dimethylarsinic acid
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency (USA)
ETS
environmental tobacco smoke
GFAA
graphite furnace atomic absorption
GHAA
gaseous hydride atomic absorption
IARC
International Agency for Research on Cancer
ICP-AES
inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy
ICP-MS
inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy
kg bw
kilogram body weight
MAC
maximum acceptable concentration
MDL
method detection limit
MMAIII
monomethylarsinous acid
MMAV
monomethylarsinic acid
NRC
National Research Council (USA)
NSF
NSF International
PQL
practical quantitation limit
SCC
Standards Council of Canada
SM
Standard Methods (American Public Health Association)
SMR
standardized mortality ratio
STP-GFAA
stabilized temperature platform graphite furnace atomic absorption

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