Ecological State of the Science Report on Decabromodiphenyl Ether (decaBDE)
List of Acronyms
- B
- bioaccumulative
- BAF-QSAR
- bioaccumulation factor - quantitative structure-activity relationship
- BAF
- bioaccumulation factor
- BCF
- bioconcentration factor
- BDE
- brominated dipheynyl ether
- BDE209
- congener form of decaBDE
- BDF
- brominated dibenzofuran
- BDL
- below detection limit
- BFR
- brominated flame retardant
- BMF
- biomagnification factor
- bw
- body weight
- bw/d
- body weight per day
- CEPA 1999
- Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
- CF
- confidence factor
- Ci/mol
- curies/mol
- cm
- centimetre
- CYP1A
- cytochrome P4501A
- d
- day or days
- DE
- diphenyl ether
- decaBDE
- decabromodiphenyl ether
- DL
- detection limit
- dw
- dry weight
- ECNI
- electron capture negative ionization
- ED
- dietary assimilation efficiency
- EI
- electron ionization
- EVA
- Experimental Value Adjustment
- FID
- flame ionization detector
- g
- grams
- GC
- gas chromatography
- GC/MS
- gas chromatography / mass spectrometry
- GC-ECD
- gas chromatography - electron capture detection
- GI
- gastrointestinal
- h
- hour or hours
- heptaBDE
- heptabromodiphenyl ether
- hexaBDE
- hexabromodiphenyl ether
- HIPS
- high-impact polystyrene
- HPLC
- high-performance liquid chromatography
- HRGC
- high-resolution mass spectrometry
- HRMS
- high-resolution mass spectrometry
- k2
- elimination rate constant
- kE
- fecal egestion rate constant
- kG
- growth rate constant
- kg/d
- kilograms per day
- kM
- metabolic rate constant
- Koa
- octanol-air partition coefficient
- KOAWIN
- model for prediction of octanol-air partition coefficient
- Kow
- octanol-water partition coefficient
- kT
- total elimination rate
- L
- litre
- Lipid
- lipid weight
- LRMS
- low-resolution mass spectrometry
- M
- molarity, as the number of moles of a solute in 1 litre of solution
- MDL
- method detection limit
- mg/d
- milligrams per day
- mg/kg
- milligrams per kilogram
- MITI
- Ministry of International Trade and Industry ( Japan )
- mL
- millilitre
- mmol/kg
- millimole per kilogram
- >mPa
- millipascal
- MMP
- Molecular Modelling Pro
- n
- number of samples
- ng/d
- nanogram per day
- ng/g
- nanogram per gram
- nm
- nanometre
- NMR
- nuclear magnetic resonance
- nonaBDE
- nonabromodiphenyl ether
- OC
- organic carbon
- octaBDE
- octabromodiphenyl ether
- P
- persistent
- PBDD
- polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxin
- PBDE
- polybrominated diphenyl ether
- PBDF
- polybrominated dibenzofuran
- PCB
- polychlorinated biphenyl
- pentaBDE
- pentabromodiphenyl ether
- pg/g
- picogram per gram
- QSAR
- quantitative structure-activity relationship
- QSPR
- quantitative structure-property relationships
- sediment BSAFs
- sediment biota-sediment accumulation factors
- SIM
- selected ion monitoring
- soil BSAFs
- soil biota-soil accumulation factors
- SRM
- standard reference material
- TCE
- trichlorethane
- tetraBDE
- tetrabromodiphenyl ether
- THF
- tetrahydrofuran
- TMF
- trophic magnification factor
- TTR
- transthyretin
- µg
- micrograms
- µg/kg
- micrograms per kilogram
- µg/L
- micrograms per litre
- µL
- microlitres
- µm
- micrometer
- µmol/kg
- micromole per kilogram
- UK
- United Kingdom
- US
- United States
- UV
- ultraviolet
- v/v
- volume per volume
- W
- Watts
- w/w
- weight per weight
- ww
- wet weight
- WWTP
- wastewater treatment plant
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