Ecological State of the Science Report on Decabromodiphenyl Ether (decaBDE): acronyms
List of Acronyms
- B
-
bioaccumulative
- BAF-QSAR
-
bioaccumulation factor - quantitative structure-activity relationship
- BAF
-
bioaccumulation factor
- BCF
-
bioconcentration factor
- BDE
-
brominated dipheynyl ether
- BDE209
-
congener form of decaBDE
- BDF
-
brominated dibenzofuran
- BDL
-
below detection limit
- BFR
-
brominated flame retardant
- 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
- CYP1A
-
cytochrome P4501A
- 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
- EVA
-
Experimental Value Adjustment
- 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
- HPLC
-
high-performance liquid chromatography
- HRGC
-
high-resolution mass spectrometry
- HRMS
-
high-resolution mass spectrometry
- k2
-
elimination rate constant
- kE
-
fecal egestion rate constant
- kG
-
growth rate constant
- kg/d
-
kilograms per day
- kM
-
metabolic rate constant
- Koa
-
octanol-air partition coefficient
- KOAWIN
-
model for prediction of octanol-air partition coefficient
- Kow
-
octanol-water partition coefficient
- kT
-
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
- MITI
-
Ministry of International Trade and Industry ( Japan )
- mL
-
millilitre
- mmol/kg
-
millimole per kilogram
- >mPa
-
millipascal
- MMP
-
Molecular Modelling Pro
- n
-
number of samples
- ng/d
-
nanogram per day
- ng/g
-
nanogram per gram
- nm
-
nanometre
- NMR
-
nuclear magnetic resonance
- 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 per gram
- QSAR
-
quantitative structure-activity relationship
- QSPR
-
quantitative structure-property relationships
- sediment BSAFs
-
sediment biota-sediment accumulation factors
- SIM
-
selected ion monitoring
- soil BSAFs
-
soil biota-soil accumulation factors
- SRM
-
standard reference material
- TCE
-
trichlorethane
- tetraBDE
-
tetrabromodiphenyl ether
- THF
-
tetrahydrofuran
- TMF
-
trophic magnification factor
- TTR
-
transthyretin
- µg
-
micrograms
- µg/kg
-
micrograms per kilogram
- µg/L
-
micrograms per litre
- µL
-
microlitres
- µm
-
micrometer
- µmol/kg
-
micromole per kilogram
- UK
-
United Kingdom
- US
-
United States
- UV
-
ultraviolet
- v/v
-
volume per volume
- W
-
Watts
- w/w
-
weight per weight
- ww
-
wet weight
- WWTP
- wastewater treatment plant