ACGIH	The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
AGM	Aorta-gonad-mesonephros
ALL	Acute lymphocytic leukemia
AML	Acute myeloid leukemia
ATSDR	Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
BER	Base excision repair
BFU-E	Burst-forming unit erythroid
BM	Bone marrow
BM-YSCs	Bone marrow hematopoietic stem cells
BQ	Benzoquinone
1,4-BQ	1,4-benzoquinone
C6H6	Benzene
CFU-E	Colony-forming unit erythroid
CFU-G	Colony-forming unit granulocyte
CFU-GM	Colony-forming unit granulocyte-macrophage
CLL	Chronic lymphoid leukemia
CLP	Common lymphoid progenitor
CMP	Common myeloid progenitor
CpGs	Cytosine-phosphate-guanine dinucleotides
CYP	Cytochrome
DCFDA	2′,7′-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate
DDR	Damage response and repair
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA-PKcs	DNA-dependent protein kinase
DNMT	DNA methyltransferases
DR	Direct reversal
DSB	Double-strand break
E	Embryonic day
Fe2+	Iron
GD	Gestation day
GSH	Glutathione
GST	Glutathione S-transferase
H2O2	Hydrogen peroxide
H3K4me3	Histone H3 trimethylated at lysine 4
HPCs	Hematopoietic progenitor cells
Hb	Hemoglobin
HQ	Hydroquinone
HR	Homologous recombination
HSCs	Hematopoietic stem cells
HSPCs	Hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells
8-OHdG	8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine
IARC	International Agency for Research on Cancer
ICR	Imprinting control region
i.p	Intraperitoneal
LSC	Leukemic stem cell
MDA	Malondialdehyde
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinases
MDR	Multidrug resistance
MDS	Myelodysplastic syndromes
mEH	Microsomal epoxide hydrolase
MMR	Mismatch repair
MN	Micronuclei
MNPCE	Micronucleated bone marrow polychromatic erythrocytes
MPO	Myeloperoxidase
mtDNA	Mitochondria DNA
MSC	Mesenchymal stem cell
MSPC	Human mesenchymal stem and progenitor cell
NER	Nucleotide excision repair
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa B
NHEJ	Non-homologous end-joining
NIOSH	National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
NK	Natural killer
NQO1	NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1
O2•−	Anion radical
o-BQ	o-BQ
OH	Hydroxide
OSHA	Occupational Safety and Health Administration
p-BQ	p-benzoquinone
ppm	Parts per million
PC	Protein carbonyl
PTMs	Post-translationally modified
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
RNS	Reactive nitrogen species
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
SCE	Sister chromatid exchange
SQ•−	Semiquinone
SOD	Superoxide dismutase
SPF	Specific pathogen-free
TNF-α	Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha
Topo II	Topoisomerase II
TWA	Time-weighted average
UGTs	Uridine 5′-diphospho-glucuronosyltransferase
µM	Micromole
YS-HSCs	Yolk sac hematopoietic stem cells