CAS |
Chemical Abstracts Service |
CEPA |
Canadian Environmental Protection Act |
CEPA 1999 |
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 |
CFD |
computational fluid dynamics |
CI |
confidence interval |
CIIT |
Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology |
CTV |
Critical Toxicity Value |
DPX |
DNA-protein crosslinking |
EEV |
Estimated Exposure Value |
ENEV |
Estimated No-Effects Value |
EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
ETS |
environmental tobacco smoke |
GWP |
Global Warming Potential |
kg-bw |
kilogram body weight |
Kaw |
air/water partition coefficient |
Koc |
organic carbon/water partition coefficient |
Kow |
octanol/water partition coefficient |
LCL |
lower confidence limit |
LOEC |
Lowest-Observed-Effect Concentration |
MDF |
medium-density fibreboard |
MIR |
maximum incremental reactivity |
MS |
mainstream |
NAPS |
National Air Pollution Surveillance |
NOEC |
No-Observed-Effect Concentration |
NOEL |
No-Observed-Effect Level |
NOX |
nitrogen oxides |
NPRI |
National Pollutant Release Inventory |
ODP |
Ozone Depletion Potential |
OR |
odds ratio |
PEFR |
peak expiratory flow rate |
PMR |
proportionate mortality ratio |
POCP |
Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential |
PSL |
Priority Substances List |
RR |
relative risk |
SIR |
standardized incidence ratio |
SMR |
standardized mortality ratio |
SPIR |
standardized proportionate incidence ratio |
SS |
sidestream |
TC |
Tolerable Concentration |
TC05 |
tumorigenic concentration associated with a 5% increase in tumour incidence over background |
UF |
urea-formaldehyde |
UFFI |
urea-formaldehyde foam insulation |
VOC |
volatile organic compound |
