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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