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Appendix A: List of Acronyms
- ANSI
- American National Standards Institute
- BMD
- benchmark dose
- BMDL
- lower 95% confidence limit of the benchmark dose
- BMDL X
- lower 95% confidence limit estimate of dose corresponding to an x% level of risk over background levels
- CH
- chloral hydrate
- CI
- confidence interval
- CYP
- cytochrome P450
- DCA
- dichloroacetic acid
- DCVC
- S-dichlorovinyl-L-cysteine
- 1,1-DCVC
- S-(1,1-dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine
- 1,2-DCVC
- S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine
- 2,2-DCVC
- N-acetyl-S-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine
- DCVG
- S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl) glutathione
- DCVNac
- N-acetyl-S-dichlorovinyl-L-cysteine
- 1,2-DCVNac
- N-acetyl-S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine
- 2,2-DCVNac
- N-acetyl-S-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine
- DNA
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- EPA
- Environmental Protection Agency (USA)
- GSH
- glutathione
- GST
- glutathione-S-transferase
- kg bw
- kilogram body weight
- LC 50
- median lethal concentration
- LD 50
- median lethal dose
- Leq
- litre equivalent
- LMS
- linearized multistage
- LOAEL
- lowest-observed-adverse-effect level
- LOEL
- lowest-observed-effect level
- MAC
- maximum acceptable concentration
- NOAEL
- no-observed-adverse-effect level
- NOEL
- no-observed-effect level
- NSF
- NSF International
- OR
- odds ratio
- PBPK
- physiologically based pharmacokinetic
- PCE
- perchloroethylene (tetrachloroethene)
- PP
- peroxisome proliferation
- PPAR
- peroxisome proliferator activated receptor
- ppb
- parts per billion
- ppm
- parts per million
- ppmv
- parts per million by volume
- PQL
- practical quantitation limit
- RR
- relative risk
- SCE
- sister chromatid exchange
- SIR
- standardized incidence ratio
- SMR
- standardized mortality ratio
- SSCP
- single-stranded conformation polymorphism
- TCA
- trichloroacetic acid
- TCE
- trichloroethene
- TCOG
- trichloroethanol glucuronide
- TCOH
- trichloroethanol
- TDI
- tolerable daily intake
- TGF
- transforming growth factor
- VHL
- von Hippel Landau
- VOC
- volatile organic compound