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Eighteenth Interim Report of the Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels
Abbreviations
ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
AEGL acute exposure guideline level
AIHA American Industrial Hygiene Association
ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
BCME bis-chloromethyl ether
BMCL05 benchmark concentration with its lower confidence limit at a 5% extra risk
CAS chemical abstracts service
CASRN chemical abstracts service registry number
CEELs community emergency exposure levels
CMME chloromethyl methyl ether
EHS extremely hazardous substances
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ERPG emergency response planning guidelines
HBR hydrogen bromide
HI hydrogen iodide
HERO health and environmental research online
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
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
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
PBPK physiologically based pharmacokinetic
POD point of departure
RD50 concentration of a substance that reduced the respiratory rate of test organisms by 50%
RFNA red fuming nitric acid
RIVM Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
STEL short-term exposure limit
TMB trimethylbenzene
TLV Threshold Limit Value
TSD technical support document
VA vinyl acetate
VC vinyl chloride
WFNA white fuming nitric acid
WEEL workplace environmental exposure limit
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Eighteenth Interim Report of the Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels
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