Cadmium in the Maternal Diet - Abbreviations

ATSDR

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

BGS

British Geological Survey

BMDL5

Benchmark Dose Lower Confidence Limit

Ca²⁺

Calcium ion

Cd

Cadmium

Cd-MT

Cadmium Metallothionein complex

CONTAM

Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain

COT

Committee on the Toxicity

DMT-1

Divalent Metal Transporter-1

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

DWQR

Drinking Water Quality Regulator

EC

European Commission

EFSA

European Food Safety Authority

EU

European Union

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

HBGV

Health Based Guidance Values

HER2

Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2

IARC

International Agency for Research on Cancer

ICP-OES

Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy

JECFA

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

LB-UB

Lower Bound-Upper Bound

LOD

Limit of Detection

MOCEH

 Mothers & Children Environmental Health Study

MT

Metallothionein

NBC

Normal Background Concentrations

NDNS

National Diet & Nutrition Survey

ng/g

nanograms per gram

NICU

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

NNNS

NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scales

PM10

Particulate Matter (<10 µm)

PTMI

Provisional Tolerable Monthly Intake

RICHS

Rhode Island Child Health Study

ROS

Reactive Oxygen Species

SACN

Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition

SCE

Sister Chromatid Exchange

SCOEL

Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits

TDS

Total Diet Study

TWI

Tolerable Weekly Intake

UKHSA

UK Health Security Agency

WHO

World Health Organisation

Zn²⁺

Zinc ion

11-β-HSD2

11 beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 2

µg

microgram

µg/g

microgram per gram

µg/kg

microgram per kilogram

µg/L

microgram per litre

µm

micrometre or micron