Type and Unit definitions

Benchmark response type

Accepted benchmark response types. Controlled terminology.

Table 206 Unit definition for Benchmark response type.

Name	Short name	Aliases	Description
Fraction change	Fraction change	FractionChange, FactorChange	The benchmark response is defined as a fraction change of the background response (i.e., defined for both increase and decrease). E.g., for a factor of 0.1, the benchmark response is at +/- 10% of background response.
Percentage change	Percentage change	PercentageChange	The benchmark response is defined as a percentage change of the background response (i.e., defined for both increase and decrease). E.g., for a percentage of 10, the benchmark response is at +/- 10% of background response.
Fraction of background response	Fraction of background	Factor, FactorOfBackground	The benchmark response is defined as a fraction of the background response. E.g., for a factor of 0.9, the benchmark response is at 0.9 times the background response (i.e., a decrease).
Percentage of background response	Percentage of background	Percentage, PercentageOfBackground	The benchmark response is defined as a percentage of the background response. E.g., for a percentage of 90, the benchmark response is at 90% of the background response (i.e., a decrease).
Extra risk	ER	ExtraRisk	For quantal response types. The benchmark dose is defined as the dose that corresponding with an extra risk of a factor times the background risk. A factor of 0.05 corresponds with 5% extra risk.
Additional risk	AR	AdditionalRisk	For quantal response types. The benchmark dose is defined as the dose that corresponding with an additional risk of a factor times the background risk. A factor of 0.05 corresponds with 5% additional risk.
ED50	ED50	ED50	For quantal response types. The benchmark dose is defined as the dose that corresponds with an estimated risk of 50% (ED50).
Absolute threshold value	Threshold value	Absolute	The benchmark dose is defined as an absolute threshold value.
Absolute difference	Absolute difference	Difference	The benchmark dose is defined an absolute difference with the background risk.

Biological organisation type

Accepted biological organisation types. Controlled terminology.

Table 207 Unit definition for Biological organisation type.

Name	Short name	Aliases	Description
Molecular	Molecular	Molecular	Molecular level
Cellular	Cellular	Cellular	Cellular level
Tissue	Tissue	Tissue	Tissue level
Organ	Organ	Organelle, Organ	Organ level
Individual	Individual	Individual	Whole body level
Population	Population	Population	Population level

Body weight unit

Accepted units for person body weights. Controlled terminology.

Table 208 Unit definition for Body weight unit.

Name	Short name	Aliases
Kilogram	kg	kg, kilograms, kilogr, 3, G167A
Gram	g	g, grams, gr, 0, G148A

Boolean type

Accepted boolean types. Controlled terminology.

Table 209 Unit definition for Boolean type.

Name	Short name	Aliases
True	True	True, Yes, T, Y
False	False	False, F, No, N

Concentration limit value type

Accepted concentration limit value types. Controlled terminology.

Table 210 Unit definition for Concentration limit value type.

Name	Short name	Aliases
Maximum residue limit	MRL	MRL, MaximumResidueLimit
Proposed maximum residue limit	Proposed-MRL	ProposedMrl, ProposedMaximumResidueLimit

Concentration unit

Accepted units for substance concentrations. Controlled terminology.

Table 211 Unit definition for Concentration unit.

Name	Short name	Aliases
kilogram/kilogram	kg/kg	kg/kg, kilogram/kilogram, kilogram/kg, 0, G063A
gram/kilogram	g/kg	g/kg, gram/kilogram, gram/kg, gr/kg, -3, G015A, G060A, G191A
milligram/kilogram	mg/kg	mg/kg, milligram/kilogram, milligram/kg, milligr/kg, -6, G049A, G061A
microgram/kilogram	µg/kg	µg/kg, ug/kg, microgram/kilogram, microgram/kg, microgr/kg, -9, G050A, G076A
nanogram/kilogram	ng/kg	ng/kg, nanogram/kilogram, nanogram/kg, nanogr/kg, -12, G077A, G080A
picogram/kilogram	pg/kg	pg/kg, picogram/kilogram, picogram/kg, picogr/kg, -15, G081A
kilogram/liter	kg/L	kg/l, kg/L, kilogram/liter, kilogram/litre, G017A
gram/liter	g/L	g/l, g/L, gram/liter, gram/litre, gr/l, gr/L, G016A
milligram/liter	mg/L	mg/l, mg/L, milligram/liter, milligram/litre, milligr/l, milligr/L, G052A, G062A
microgram/liter	µg/L	µg/l, ug/L, microgram/liter, microgram/litre, microgr/l, microgr/L, G051A, G079A
nanogram/liter	ng/L	ng/l, ng/L, nanogram/liter, nanogram/litre, nanogr/l, nanogr/L, G078A
picogram/liter	pg/L	pg/l, pg/L, picogram/liter, picogram/litre, picogr/l, picogr/L
microgram/milliliter	µg/mL	µg/ml, ug/mL, microgram/milliliter, microgram/millilitre, microgr/ml, microgr/mL
nanogram/milliliter	ng/mL	ng/ml, ng/mL, nanogram/milliliter, nanogram/millilitre, nanogr/ml, nanogr/mL

Consumption intake unit

Accepted units for consumption intake amounts. Controlled terminology.

Table 212 Unit definition for Consumption intake unit.

Name	Short name	Aliases
gram/kilogram bodyweight/day	g/kg bw/day	g/kg bw, gram/kg bw, g/kg bw/day, gram/kg bw/day, gr/kg bw/day, G212A
gram/day	g/day	gram, grams, g/day, g/day, gram/day, gr/day

Consumption unit

Accepted units for consumption amounts. Controlled terminology.

Table 213 Unit definition for Consumption unit.

Name	Short name	Aliases
kilogram	kg	kg, kilograms, kilogr, 3, G167A
Gram	g	g, grams, gr, 0, G148A

Consumption value type

Accepted consumption value types. Controlled terminology.

Table 214 Unit definition for Consumption value type.

Name	Short name	Aliases
Large portion	LP	LP, LargePortion
Mean consumption	MC	MC, MeanConsumption
Percentile	Percentile	Percentile, P

Dose response model type

Accepted dose response model types. Controlled terminology.

Table 215 Unit definition for Dose response model type.

Name	Short name	Aliases	Description
Exp-m1	Exp-m1	Expm1	Exponential model 1
Exp-m2	Exp-m2	Expm2	Exponential model 2
Exp-m3	Exp-m3	Expm3	Exponential model 3
Exp-m4	Exp-m4	Expm4	Exponential model 4
Exp-m5	Exp-m5	Expm5	Exponential model 5
Hill-m1	Hill-m1	Hillm1	Hill model 1
Hill-m2	Hill-m2	Hillm2	Hill model 2
Hill-m3	Hill-m3	Hillm3	Hill model 3
Hill-m4	Hill-m4	Hillm4	Hill model 4
Hill-m5	Hill-m5	Hillm5	Hill model 5
TwoStage	TwoStage	TwoStage
LogLogist	LogLogist	LogLogist
Weibull	Weibull	Weibull
LogProb	LogProb	LogProb
Gamma	Gamma	Gamma
Logistic	Logistic	Logistic
Probit	Probit	Probit
LVM Exp m2	LVM Exp m2	LVM Exp m2
LVM Exp m3	LVM Exp m3	LVM_Exp_M3
LVM Exp m4	LVM Exp m4	LVM_Exp_M4
LVM Exp m5	LVM Exp m5	LVM_Exp_M5
LVM Hill m2	LVM Hill m2	LVM Hill m2
LVM Hill m3	LVM Hill m3	LVM_Hill_M3
LVM Hill m4	LVM Hill m4	LVM_Hill_M4
LVM Hill m5	LVM Hill m5	LVM Hill m5

Dose unit

Accepted units for substance doses. Controlled terminology.

Table 216 Unit definition for Dose unit.

Name	Short name	Aliases
gram/kilogram bodyweight/day	g/kg bw/day	g/kg bw/day, gram/kg bw/day, gr/kg bw/day, G212A
milligram/kilogram bodyweight/day	mg/kg bw/day	mg/kg bw/day, milligram/kg bw/day, milligr/kg bw/day, G211A
microgram/kilogram bodyweight/day	µg/kg bw/day	µg/kg bw/day, microgram/kg bw/day, microgr/kg bw/day, G210A
nanogram/kilogram bodyweight/day	ng/kg bw/day	ng/kg bw/day, nanogram/kg bw/day, nanogr/kg bw/day, G214A
picogram/kilogram bodyweight/day	pg/kg bw/day	pg/kg bw/day, picogram/kg bw/day, picogr/kg bw/day
femtogram/kilogram bodyweight/day	fg/kg bw/day	fg/kg bw/day, femtogram/kg bw/day, femtogr/kg bw/day
gram/gram bodyweight/day	g/g bw/day	g/g bw/day, gram/g bw/day, gr/g bw/day
milligram/gram bodyweight/day	mg/g bw/day	mg/g bw/day, milligram/g bw/day, milligr/g bw/day
microgram/gram bodyweight/day	µg/g bw/day	µg/g bw/day, microgram/g bw/day, microgr/g bw/day
nanogram/gram bodyweight/day	ng/g bw/day	ng/g bw/day, nanogram/g bw/day, nanogr/g bw/day
picogram/gram bodyweight/day	pg/g bw/day	pg/g bw/day, picogram/g bw/day, picogr/g bw/day
femtogram/gram bodyweight/day	fg/g bw/day	fg/g bw/day, femtogram/g bw/day, femtogr/g bw/day
kilogram/day	kg/day	kg/day, kilogram/day, kilogr/day
gram/day	g/day	g/day, gram/day, gr/day
milligram/day	mg/day	mg/day, milligram/day, milligr/day
microgram/day	µg/day	µg/day, microgram/day, microgr/day
nanogram/day	ng/day	ng/day, nanogram/day, nanogr/day
picogram/day	pg/day	pg/day, picogram/day, picogr/day
femtogram/day	fg/day	fg/day, femtogram/day, femtogr/day
kilogram/kilogram	kg/kg	kg/kg, kilogram/kilogram, kilogram/kg, kg/kg bw
gram/kilogram	g/kg	g/kg, gram/kilogram, gram/kg, gr/kg, g/kg bw
milligram/kilogram	mg/kg	mg/kg, milligram/kilogram, milligram/kg, milligr/kg, mg/kg bw, G225A
microgram/kilogram	µg/kg	µg/kg, microgram/kilogram, microgram/kg, microgr/kg, µg/kg bw
nanogram/kilogram	ng/kg	ng/kg, nanogram/kilogram, nanogram/kg, nanogr/kg, ng/kg bw
picogram/kilogram	pg/kg	pg/kg, picogram/kilogram, picogram/kg, picogr/kg, pg/kg bw
Molar	M	M, mol/L
millimolar	mM	mM, mmol/L
micromolar	µM	uM, µM, umol/L
nanomolar	nM	nM, nmol/L
moles	moles	moles, Moles
millimoles	mmoles	mmoles, mMoles
micromoles	µmoles	umoles, uMoles
nanomoles	nmoles	nmoles, nMoles
gram/kilogram bodyweight/week	g/kg bw/week	g/kg bw/week, gram/kg bw/week, gr/kg bw/week, G218A
milligram/kilogram bodyweight/week	mg/kg bw/week	mg/kg bw/week, milligram/kg bw/week, milligr/kg bw/week, G217A
microgram/kilogram bodyweight/week	µg/kg bw/week	µg/kg bw/week, microgram/kg bw/week, microgr/kg bw/week, G216A
nanogram/kilogram bodyweight/week	ng/kg bw/week	ng/kg bw/week, nanogram/kg bw/week, nanogr/kg bw/week, G215A
picogram/kilogram bodyweight/week	pg/kg bw/week	pg/kg bw/week, picogram/kg bw/week, picogr/kg bw/week
femtogram/kilogram bodyweight/week	fg/kg bw/week	fg/kg bw/week, femtogram/kg bw/week, femtogr/kg bw/week
gram/gram bodyweight/week	g/g bw/week	g/g bw/week, gram/g bw/week, gr/g bw/week
milligram/gram bodyweight/week	mg/g bw/week	mg/g bw/week, milligram/g bw/week, milligr/g bw/week
microgram/gram bodyweight/week	µg/g bw/week	µg/g bw/week, microgram/g bw/week, microgr/g bw/week
nanogram/gram bodyweight/week	ng/g bw/week	ng/g bw/week, nanogram/g bw/week, nanogr/g bw/week
picogram/gram bodyweight/week	pg/g bw/week	pg/g bw/week, picogram/g bw/week, picogr/g bw/week
femtogram/gram bodyweight/week	fg/g bw/week	fg/g bw/week, femtogram/g bw/week, femtogr/g bw/week
kilogram/week	kg/week	kg/week, kilogram/week, kilogr/week
gram/week	g/week	g/week, gram/week, gr/week
milligram/week	mg/week	mg/week, milligram/week, milligr/week
microgram/week	µg/week	µg/week, microgram/week, microgr/week
nanogram/week	ng/week	ng/week, nanogram/week, nanogr/week
picogram/week	pg/week	pg/week, picogram/week, picogr/week
femtogram/week	fg/week	fg/week, femtogram/week, femtogr/week

Exposure route type

Accepted exposure routes how an individual is exposed to substance concentrations. Controlled terminology.

Table 217 Unit definition for Exposure route type.

Name	Short name	Aliases	Description
Dietary exposure	Dietary	Dietary	Dietary exposure.
Non-dietary oral exposure	Oral	Oral	Non-dietary oral exposure.
Non-dietary dermal exposure	Dermal	Dermal	Non-dietary dermal exposure.
Non-dietary inhalation exposure	Inhalation	Inhalation	Non-dietary inhalation exposure.
At target	At target	AtTarget	Exposures directly at the target (organ).

Exposure type

Accepted exposure types. Controlled terminology.

Table 218 Unit definition for Exposure type.

Name	Short name	Aliases	Description
Acute	Acute	Acute	Acute exposure.
Chronic	Chronic	Chronic	Chronic exposure.

Exposure unit

Accepted units for substance exposures. Controlled terminology.

Table 219 Unit definition for Exposure unit.

Name	Short name	Aliases
gram/kilogram bodyweight/day	g/kg bw/day	g/kg bw/day, g/kg/day, gram/kg bw/day, gr/kg bw/day, G212A
milligram/kilogram bodyweight/day	mg/kg bw/day	mg/kg bw/day, mg/kg/day, milligram/kg bw/day, milligr/kg bw/day, G211A
microgram/kilogram bodyweight/day	µg/kg bw/day	µg/kg bw/day, µg/kg/day, microgram/kg bw/day, microgr/kg bw/day, G210A
nanogram/kilogram bodyweight/day	ng/kg bw/day	ng/kg bw/day, ng/kg/day, nanogram/kg bw/day, nanogr/kg bw/day, G214A
picogram/kilogram bodyweight/day	pg/kg bw/day	pg/kg bw/day, picogram/kg bw/day, picogr/kg bw/day
femtogram/kilogram bodyweight/day	fg/kg bw/day	fg/kg bw/day, fg/kg/day, femtogram/kg bw/day, femtogr/kg bw/day
gram/gram bodyweight/day	g/g bw/day	g/g bw/day, g/g/day, gram/g bw/day, gr/g bw/day
milligram/gram bodyweight/day	mg/g bw/day	mg/g bw/day, mg/g/day, milligram/g bw/day, milligr/g bw/day
microgram/gram bodyweight/day	µg/g bw/day	µg/g bw/day, µg/g/day, microgram/g bw/day, microgr/g bw/day
nanogram/gram bodyweight/day	ng/g bw/day	ng/g bw/day, nanogram/g bw/day, nanogr/g bw/day
picogram/gram bodyweight/day	pg/g bw/day	pg/g bw/day, pg/g/day, picogram/g bw/day, picogr/g bw/day
femtogram/gram bodyweight/day	fg/g bw/day	fg/g bw/day, fg/g/day, femtogram/g bw/day, femtogr/g bw/day
kilogram/day	kg/day	kg/day, kilogram/day, kilogr/day
gram/day	g/day	g/day, gram/day, gr/day
milligram/day	mg/day	mg/day, milligram/day, milligr/day
microgram/day	µg/day	µg/day, microgram/day, microgr/day
nanogram/day	ng/day	ng/day, nanogram/day, nanogr/day
picogram/day	pg/day	pg/day, picogram/day, picogr/day
femtogram/day	fg/day	fg/day, femtogram/day, femtogr/day
gram/kilogram	g/kg	g/kg, gram/kg, gr/kg, G015A
milligram/kilogram	mg/kg	mg/kg, milligram/kg, milligr/kg, G061A
microgram/kilogram	µg/kg	µg/kg, microgram/kg, microgr/kg, G050A
nanogram/kilogram	ng/kg	ng/kg, nanogram/kg, nanogr/kg, G077A
picogram/kilogram	pg/kg	pg/kg, picogram/kg, picogr/kg, G081A
femtogram/kilogram	fg/kg	fg/kg, femtogram/kg, femtogr/kg
gram	g	g, gram, gr, G148A
milligram	mg	mg, milligram, milligr, G155A
microgram	µg	µg, microgram, microgr
nanogram	ng	ng, nanogram, nanogr, G120A
picogram	pg	pg, picogram, picogr, G125A
femtogram	fg	fg, femtogram, femtogr

Gender type

Accepted gender types. Controlled terminology.

Table 220 Unit definition for Gender type.

Name	Short name	Aliases
Female	F	Female, F
Male	M	Male, M

Harvest application type

Accepted harvest application types. Controlled terminology.

Table 221 Unit definition for Harvest application type.

Name	Short name	Aliases	Description
Pre-harvest application	Pre-harvest	PreHarvest	Pre-harvest application
Post-harvest application	Post-harvest	PostHarvest	Post-harvest application

Hazard characterisation type

Accepted hazard characterisation types. Controlled terminology.

Table 222 Unit definition for Hazard characterisation type.

Name	Short name	Aliases
Benchmark dose	BMD	BMD
No observed adverse effect level	NOAEL	NOAEL
Lowest observed adverse effect level	LOAEL	LOAEL
Acceptable daily intake	ADI	ADI, TDI
Acute reference dose	ARfD	ARfD
No observed effect level	NOEL	NOEL
Tolerable weekly intake	TWI	TWI
Benchmark dose lower confidence limit of 1%	BMDL01	BMDL01
Benchmark dose lower confidence limit of 10%	BMDL10	BMDL10

Individual property type

Accepted individual property types. Controlled terminology.

Table 223 Unit definition for Individual property type.

Name	Short name	Aliases	Description
Categorical	Categorical	Categorical	Categorical e.g. blood type A, B, AB, O or region East, West, North, South.
Boolean	Boolean	Boolean	Boolean e.g. yes, no, true, false. See Boolean types unit definitions.
Numeric	Numeric	Numeric	Numeric, real numbers.
Nonnegative	Nonnegative	Nonnegative	Nonnegative real numbers, positive or zero.
Integer	Integer	Integer	Integer, integer numbers.
NonnegativeInteger	NonnegativeInteger	NonnegativeInteger	NonnegativeInteger integer numbers, positive or zero.
Month	Month	Month	Month. See Month types unit definitions.
DateTime	DateTime	DateTime	DateTime, period.
Gender	Gender	Gender, Sex	Gender, sex or sexuality. See Gender types unit definitions.
Location	Location	Location	Location, country.

Month type

Accepted months types. Controlled terminology.

Table 224 Unit definition for Month type.

Name	Short name	Aliases
January	Jan	Jan, Januari, 1
February	Feb	Feb, Februari, 2
March	Mar	Mar, 3
April	Apr	Apr, 4
May	May	May, 5
June	Jun	Jun, June, 6
July	Jul	Jul, July, 7
August	Aug	Aug, 8
September	Sep	Sep, Sept, 9
October	Oct	Oct, 10
November	Nov	Nov, 11
December	Dec	Dec, 12

Point of departure type

Accepted point of departure types. Controlled terminology.

Table 225 Unit definition for Point of departure type.

Name	Short name	Aliases
Benchmark dose	BMD	BMD
No observed adverse effect level	NOAEL	NOAEL
Lowest observed adverse effect level	LOAEL	LOAEL
No observed effect level	NOEL	NOEL
Median lethal dose	LD50	LD50
Benchmark dose lower confidence limit of 1%	BMDL01	BMDL01
Benchmark dose lower confidence limit of 10%	BMDL10	BMDL10

Processing distribution type

Accepted processing distribution types. Controlled terminology.

Table 226 Unit definition for Processing distribution type.

Name	Short name	Aliases	Description
Logistic Normal distribution	LogisticNormal	LogisticNormal, 1	Logisticnormal distribution.
Log Normal distribution	LogNormal	LogNormal, 2	Lognormal distribution.

Property level type

Accepted property level types. Controlled terminology.

Table 227 Unit definition for Property level type.

Name	Short name	Aliases	Description
Individual	Individual	Individual	Individual level.
IndividualDay	IndividualDay	IndividualDay	IndividualDay.

Response type

Accepted response types. Controlled terminology.

Table 228 Unit definition for Response type.

Name	Short name	Aliases	Description
Continuous multiplicative	CM	ContinuousMultiplicative	Response values are positive real numbers, e.g., weight, size.
Continuous additive	CA	ContinuousAdditive	Response values are real numbers, e.g., weight change, temperature.
Binary	B	Binary	Response values have binary outcomes (yes/no, true/false, success/failure, 0/1, etc.).
Quantal	Q	Quantal, Binomial	Response is measured in terms of number of successes out of N possible.
Quantal group	QG	QuantalGroup	Individual responses are measured as binary values, which may be grouped to form a quantal response.
Count	C	Count	Number of items (cells, molecules, deaths, etc.) in given interval/area/volume.
Ordinal	O	Ordinal	Relative scores (or graded scores) useable only for ranking.

Target level type

Accepted units whether a dose is assumed to be an internal or external dose. Controlled terminology.

Table 229 Unit definition for Target level type.

Name	Short name	Aliases	Description
External	Ext	Ext	External exposure.
Internal	Int	Int	Internal exposure.

Test system type

Accepted test system types. Controlled terminology.

Table 230 Unit definition for Test system type.

Name	Short name	Aliases	Description
In vivo	In vivo	InVivo	In vivo
Cell line	Cell line	CellLine	CellLine
Primary cells	Primary cells	PrimaryCells	PrimaryCells
Tissue	Tissue	Tissue	Tissue
Organ	Organ	Organ	Organ

Time unit

Accepted time units. Controlled terminology.

Table 231 Unit definition for Time unit.

Name	Short name	Aliases	Description
Hours	h	Hours, h	In hours
Minutes	min	Minutes, min	In minutes

Unit weight value type

Accepted unit weight types. Controlled terminology.

Table 232 Unit definition for Unit weight value type.

Name	Short name	Aliases
Unit weight raw agricultural commodity	RAC	RAC, UnitWeightRAC, UnitWeightRawAgriculturalCommodity
Unit Weight edible portion	EP	EP, UnitWeightEP, UnitWeightEdiblePortion