TABLE OF CONTENTS | ADI | Acceptable daily intake | |
| AF | Assessment factor | |
| ALARA(P) | As low as reasonably achievable (practicable) In UK, regulations relating to worker exposure In USA, goal of risk management (NRC regulations) | |
| AUC | Area under the concentration-time curve | |
| AUMC | Area under the moment curve | |
| BCF | Bioconcentration factor | |
| BEI | Biological exposure indices (ACGIH) | |
| BEM | Biological effect monitoring | |
| BOD | Biochemical oxygen demand | |
| b.w. | Body weight | |
| CMR | Carcinogenic, mutagenic and reproductive (toxicant) | |
| CoMFA | Comparative molecular field analysis | |
| CV | Ceiling value | |
| Cyt | Cytochrome | |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid | |
| DNEL | Derived no-effect level | |
| EC | Enzyme classification or effective concentration | |
| EC n | Median effective concentration to n% of a population | |
| EDI | Estimated daily intake | |
| ED n | Median effective dose to n% of a population | |
| EEC | Estimated exposure concentration | |
| EED | Estimated exposure dose | |
| EEL | Environmental exposure level | |
| EMDI | Estimated maximum daily intake | |
| EQS | Environmental quality standard | |
| GLP | Good laboratory practice | |
| HSG | Health and safety guide (IPCS) | |
| HQ | Hazard quotient | |
| IC | Inhibitory concentration | |
| i.c. | Intracutaneous | |
| i.d. | Intradermal | |
| i.m. | Intramuscular | |
| inhl | By inhalation | |
| i.p. | Intraperitoneal | |
| I-TEF | International toxicity equivalency factor | |
| i.v. | Intravenous | |
| K M | Michaelis constant | |
| K oc | Organic carbon partition coefficient | |
| K OW | Octanol water partition coefficient | |
| LADD | Lifetime average daily dose | |
| LC n | Median concentration lethal to n% of a test population | |
| LC 50 | See LC n | |
| LD |
