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(VCCEP) Tier 1 Pilot Submission for BENZENE - Tera

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Glossary of Terms<br />

μg Microgram<br />

AA Aplastic Anemia<br />

ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists<br />

ACH Air Changes per Hour<br />

ADD Average Daily Dose<br />

AEGL Acute Exposure Guideline Level<br />

ALC Absolute Lymphocyte Count<br />

AML Acute Myelogenous Leukemia<br />

ANLL Acute Non-lymphocytic Leukemia<br />

ATSDR Agency <strong>for</strong> Toxic Substances and Disease Registry<br />

BMCL Benchmark Concentration Level (frequently used in reference to<br />

the lower confidence limit level from benchmark model)<br />

CAA/CAAA Clean Air Act/Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990<br />

CARB Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Air Resources Board<br />

CAS Chemical Abstract Service<br />

CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and<br />

Liability Act<br />

CFM Cubic feet per minute<br />

CNS Central Nervous System<br />

CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission<br />

CSF Cancer Slope Factor (EPA IRIS)<br />

CYP 2E1 Cytochrome P450 system isoenzyme 2E1<br />

EU European Union<br />

EHC Environmental Health Criteria<br />

EPA Environmental Protection Agency<br />

ETS Environmental Tobacco Smoke<br />

FAB French-American-British (FAB) Classification of Acute Myeloid<br />

Leukemias<br />

FDA Food and Drug Administration<br />

FHSA Federal Hazardous Substances Act<br />

g Gram<br />

GC/MS Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometry<br />

GD Gestation Day<br />

HAP Hazardous Air Pollutant (as defined by the Clean Air Act)<br />

HEC Human Equivalent Concentration<br />

HI Hazard Index<br />

High-end exposure An exposure that was calculated using exposure concentrations<br />

representative of a 90th or 95th percentile of the range of values<br />

in a given dataset, depending on availability in the published<br />

literature.<br />

HQ Hazard Quotient<br />

IARC International Agency <strong>for</strong> Research on Cancer<br />

I-O Indoor-Outdoor (ratio)<br />

IPCS International Programme on Chemical Safety<br />

IRIS Integrated Risk In<strong>for</strong>mation System<br />

IUR Inventory Update Rule (TSCA)<br />

kg Kilogram<br />

kHz Kilohertz (thousands of cycles per second)<br />

LD Lactation Day<br />

Benzene <strong>VCCEP</strong> <strong>Submission</strong> Page iv<br />

March 2006

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