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Appendix A: List of Acronyms

AAF

2-acetyl aminofluorene

ADI

acceptable daily intake

AGT

O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase

Aln

allantoin

AMP

aminopyrine

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

ASC

ascorbate

BEN

Balkan endemic nephropathy

BHPA

bis(2-hydroxypropyl)amine

bw

body weight

CI

confidence interval

Cim

cimetidine

CPM

chlorpheniramine maleate

DDAO

N,N-dimethyldodecylamine-N-oxide

DEA

diethylamine

DMA

dimethylamine; dimethylamine hydrochloride

DNA

deoxyribonucleic acid

DPH

diphenhydramine hydrochloride

DSF

disulfiram

DW

drinking water

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)

eq

equivalent

ETU

ethylenethiourea

EU

ethylurea

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

HMI

heptamethyleneimine

HPT

hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid

IDDM

insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes mellitus

IRIS

Integrated Risk Information System

JECFA

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

LD ₅₀

dose estimated to be lethal to half of the animals

LOAEL

lowest-observed-adverse-effect level

MAC

maximum acceptable concentration

MAni

methylaniline

MDL

method detection limit

Mor

morpholine

MU

methylurea

NADH

reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

NC

nitrosatable compound

NDEA

N-nitrosodiethylamine

NDMA

N-nitrosodimethylamine

NHL

non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

NIS

sodium/iodide symporter

NMU

N-nitroso-N-methylurea

NO ₂¯

nitrite ion

NO ₂-N

nitrite nitrogen

NO ₃¯

nitrate ion

NO ₃-N

nitrate nitrogen

NOAEL

no-observed-adverse-effect level

NOC

N-nitroso compound

NOEL

no-observed-effect level

NPRO

N-nitrosoproline

NPYR

N-nitrosopyrrolidine

NSF

NSF International

NTP

National Toxicology Program (U.S.)

OEHHA

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (California)

OR

odds ratio

Pip

piperazine

PQL

practical quantitation limit

RNA

ribonucleic acid

RR

relative risk; rate ratio

SCC

Standards Council of Canada

SD

Sprague-Dawley

SG

Syrian Golden

SM

Standard Method

Sw

Swiss

T ₃

triiodothyronine

T ₄

thyroxine

TD05

tumorigenic dose 05

TMA

trimethylamine

TMAO

trimethylamine-N-oxide

TSH

thyroid stimulating hormone

U

unit

UDS

unscheduled DNA synthesis

UV

ultraviolet

w/w

weight per weight

WHO

World Health Organization

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