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. 2017 Apr 7;14(4):389. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14040389
AChE acetylcholinesterase
AL allostatic load
BMI body mass index
CA concentration addition
CAFO concentrated animal feeding operation
CAOS common adverse outcomes
CEQ Council on Environmental Quality
CO carbon monoxide
CRA Cumulative Risk Assessment
DA dose addition
DPSEEA Driving Force-Pressure-State-Exposure-Effect-Action
DPSIR Drivers-Pressures-States-Impact-Response
EFSA European Food Safety Authority
EM effect modification
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 second
GIS geographic information system
H2S hydrogen sulfide
HAP Hazardous Air Pollutant
HIA Health Impact Assessment
IA independent action
LD50 lethal dose, 50%
mmHg millimeter of mercury
MOA mode of action
mRNA messenger RNA
NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
NO2 nitrogen dioxide
NOx nitrogen oxides
NRC National Research Council
PAH polyaromatic hydrocarbon
PBPK physiologically based pharmacokinetic
PD pharmacodynamic
PK pharmacokinetic
PM particulate matter
PM10 fine particulate matter (diameter ≤ 10 μm)
PM2.5 ultrafine particulate matter (diameter ≤ 2.5 μm)
RfD reference dose
RWI Relative Wellness Index
SEP socioeconomic position
SES socioeconomic status
TCDD tetrachlorodibenzodioxin
TSP total suspended particulates
VOC volatile organic compound