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IUPAC Glossary of Terms Used in Toxicology, 2nd Edition
ANNEX 2
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS OF NAMES OF
INTERNATIONAL BODIES AND LEGISLATION
ABT: American Board of Toxicology
ACGIH: American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
ATS: Academy of Toxicological Science
ATSDR: Agency for Toxic Substances and Diseases Registry
BCR: Bureau Communautaire de Référence (Bruxelles)
BIBRA: British Industrial Biological Research Association
CCFA: Codex Committee on Food Additives
CCPR: Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues
CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CEC: Commission of the European Communities
CEN: Committee Européen De Normalisation
CERCLA: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (USA)
CHIP: Classification, Hazard Information and Packaging (UK)
COSHH: Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (UK)
CPL: Classification, Packaging and Labeling
CTD: Common Technical Document for the Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use for submission to the FDA and ICH
DFG: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Council)
EC: European Community, European Commission
EAC: European Agency for Chemicals
ECB: European Chemicals Bureau
EDC: Endocrine Disrupting Compound
EEA: European Environmental Agency
EEC: European Economic Community
EINECS: European Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances
ELINCS: European List of New Chemical Substances
EMEA: European Medicines Agency
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency (USA), same as USEPA
EU: European Union
EUROTOX: European Society of Toxicology
EUSES: European Uniform System for Evaluation of Substances
FAO: Food and Agricultural Organization
FDA: Food and Drug Administration (USA)
FIOH: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
HSE: Health and Safety Executive (U.K.)
IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency
IARC: International Agency for Research on Cancer
ICCA: International Council of Chemical Associations
ICH: International Conference for Harmonization
ICRP: International Commission on Radiological Protection
ICSU: International Council of Scientific Unions (since 1998, International Council of Science)
IFCC: International Federation of Clinical Chemists
ILO: International Labour Organization
IoB: Institute of Biology
IPCS: International Programme on Chemical Safety, UNEP, ILO, WHO
IRIS: Integrated Risk Information System (USA)
IRPTC: International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals, now UNEP Chemicals
ISEAAA: International Society for Exposure Assessment and Analysis
ISO: International Organization for Standardization
IUCLID: International Uniform Chemical Information Database - containing unvalidated property and hazard information for 2 604 EU high production volume chemicals, submitted under the Existing Substances Regulation, EC 793/93.
IUPAC: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
IUTOX: International Union of Toxicology
JECFA: Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives
JMPR: Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues
NAS: National Academy of Sciences (USA)
NBS: National Bureau of Standards (USA), now NIST
NIH: National Institutes of Health (USA)
NIOSH: National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (USA)
NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA), formerly NBS
NRC: National Research Council (USA)
OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OEHHA: Organization of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (USA)
OMS: Organisation mondiale de la Santé, same as WHO
OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (USA)
PIC: Prior Informed Consent
RCPath: Royal College of Pathologists
REACH: Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of CHemicals
RIVM: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu
RSC: Royal Society of Chemistry
SCOPE: Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU)
SOT: Society of Toxicology (USA)
TOSCA: Toxic Substances Control Act (USA)
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme
USEPA: United States Environmental Protection Agency, same as EPA
USFDA: United States Food and Drug Agency
WHO: World Health Organization, same as OMS