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List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

amyloid beta

ACH
aluminum chlorohydrate

AD
Alzheimer's disease

ADAF
chemical-specific animal to human toxicodynamic adjustment factor

ADP
adenosine diphosphate

ADRDA
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association

AKAF
chemical-specific animal to human toxicokinetic adjustment factor

AMS
accelerator mass spectrometry

ApoE
apolipoprotein E

ASFA
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (World Health Organization Food and Agricultural Organization)

ATP
adenosine triphosphate

ATPase
class of enzymes that catalyze the decomposition of ATP into ADP

ATSDR
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

BAF
bioaccumulation factor

BCF
bioconcentration factor

BIOSIS
Biosciences Information Services

CAplus
Chemical Abstracts Plus

CAB
Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux

cAMP
cyclic adenosine monophosphate

CAS
Chemical Abstracts Service

CASReact
CAS Reaction

CBTB
Canadian Brain Tissue Bank

CEPA
Canadian Environmental Protection Act

CEPA 1999
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

CESARS
Chemical Evaluation Search and Retrieval System (Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Michigan Department of Natural Resources)

cGMP
cyclic guanosine monophosphate

ChemCats
Chemical Catalogs online

Chemlist
regulated Chemicals Listing

CHRIS
Chemical Hazard Release Information System

CI
confidence interval

CSHA
Canadian Study of Health and Aging

CT
computer tomography

CTV
Critical Toxicity Value

Da
administered dose

Db
base diet dose

Dc
cumulative dose

DIN
Drug Identification Number

DNA
deoxyribonucleic acid

DOC
dissolved organic carbon

DOM
dissolved organic material

DSM
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association)

dw
dry weight

DWTP
drinking water treatment plant

EC50
median effective concentration

ECETOC
European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals

EDI
estimated daily intake

EEM
Environmental Effects Monitoring

ELIAS
Environmental Library Integrated Automated System (Environment Canada library)

EPA
Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)

ETAAS
electrothermal atomic absorption spectroscopy

FAO
Food and Agricultural Organization (United Nations)

GD
gestational day

GEOREF
Geo Reference Information System (American Geological Institute)

GLP
good laboratory practice

GVRD
Greater Vancouver Regional District

GVS&DD
Greater Vancouver Sewerage & Drainage District

HDAF
chemical-specific human variability toxicodynamic adjustment factor

HKAF
chemical-specific human variability toxicokinetic adjustment factor

HSDB
Hazardous Substances Data Bank (U.S. National Library of Medicine)

ICD
International Classification of Diseases (World Health Organization)

IM
intramuscular

IPCS
International Programme on Chemical Safety (World Health Organization)

IV
intravenous

JECFA
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

KASAL
alkaline aluminum phosphate and dibasic sodium phosphate

LC50
median lethal concentration

LD50
median lethal dose

LOAEC
lowest observed adverse effect concentration

LOEC
lowest observed effect concentration

LOEL
lowest observed effect level

LSA
Ontario Longitudinal study of Aging

MEDLINE
Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (U.S. National Library of Medicine)

MINEQL+
chemical equilibrium modeling software

MMAD
mass median aerodynamic diameter

MMSE
Mini-Mental State Examination

MOE
margin of exposure

mRNA
messenger ribonucleic acid

MS
multiple sclerosis

MWWTP
municipal wastewater treatment plant

NADPH
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

NATES
National Analysis of Trends in Emergencies System

NEMISIS
National Enforcement Management Information System and Intelligence System

NFT
neurofibrillary tangles

NICNAS
National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (Australian Government Department of Health and Aging)

NIH
National Institutes of Health (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

NINCDS
National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke

NOEC
no observed effect concentration

NOEL
no observed effect level

NTIS
National Technical Information Service (U.S. Department of Commerce)

OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development

OR
odds ratio

p value
the probability of obtaining a value of the test statistic at least as extreme as the one that was actually observed, given that the null hypothesis is true

PAC
polyaluminum chloride

PAQUID
Principle lifetime occupation and cognitive impairment in a French elderly

PAS
polyaluminum sulphate

PASS
polyaluminum silicate sulphate

PEC
Predicted Environmental Concentration

PM
particulate matter

PM2.5
particulate matter less than 2.5 micrometers in aerodynamic diameter

PM10
particulate matter less than 10 micrometers in aerodynamic diameter

PND
postnatal day

PNEC
Predicted No-Effect Concentration

POLTOX
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (U.S. National Library of Medicine)

PPP2
Protein Phosphatase 2

PSL
Priority Substances List

PSL2
Second Priority Substances List

PTEAM
Particle Total Exposure Assessment Methodology

PubMed
free Internet access to MEDLINE

RMOC
Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton

RR
relative risk

RTECS
Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)

SALP
sodium aluminum phosphate

SOS
State of the Science

t½
half-life

TDI
total dietary intake

Tf
transferrin

TNF
alpha tumour necrosis factor

TOXLINE
toxicology database (U.S. National Library of Medicine)

TRI93
Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Toxic Substances)

TSS
total suspended solids

USEPA-ASTER
Assessment Tools for the Evaluation of Risk (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

Vd
volumes of distribution

WASTEINFO
Waste Management Information (Bureau of the American Energy Agency)

WHAM
Windermere Humic-Aqueous Model software designed to calculate equilibrium chemical speciation in surface and ground waters, sediments and soils

WHO
World Health Organization

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