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List of Abbreviations
AAS
Atomic absorption spectrometry
AED
Atomic emission detector
AES
Atomic emission spectrometry
AF
Attenuation factor
AFR
Revised attenuation factor
AFT
Log-transformed attenuation factor
ALA
Alpha linolenicacid
ANN
Artificial neural networks
ANOVA
Analysis of variance
APCI
Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization
ATP
Adenosine triphosphate
BAF
Biological accumulation factor
BTF
Biotransfer factor
CA
Cluster analysis
CART
Classification and regression trees
CDI
Chronic daily intake dose
CEC
Cation exchange capacity
CHCA
Α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid
CR
Carcinogenic risk
CVAAS
Cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry
DBCP
Dibromochloropropane
DCM
Dichloromethane
DHA
Docosahexaenoic
DMT
Digital terrain models
DRC
Dynamic reaction cell
DTPA
Diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid
DW
Dry weight
EC
Elemental carbon
ECD
Electron capture
EDB
Ethylene dibromide
EDS
Energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry