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List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Toxicologic Information About Insecticides
Used for Eradicating Mosquitoes
(West Nile Virus Control)
April 2005

ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
aRfD acute Reference Dose
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
cRfD chronic Reference Dose
DOT US Department of Transportation
EPA US Environmental Protection Agency
EXTOXNET Extension Toxicology Network
HSDB Hazardous Substance Data Bank
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
IPCS International Program on Chemical Safety
IRIS Integrated Risk Information System
LC50 Lethal Concentration, 50% mortality
LD50 Lethal Dose, 50% mortality
LOAEL lowest-observed-adverse-effect level
MOE Margin Of Exposure
MRL Minimal Risk Level
NCI National Cancer Institute
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NOAEL no-observed-adverse-effect level
OHM/TADS Oil and Hazardous Materials/Technical Assistance Data System
PAD populations-adjusted dose
RfD Reference Dose
TOXNET Toxicology Network
ULV ultra-low volume
WHO World Health Organization

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