Antimony in drinking-water
Background document for development of WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality
Acronyms and abbreviations used in the text
| AAS | atomic absorption spectrophotometry |
| APT | potassium antimony tartrate |
| AST | sodium antimony tartrate |
| ATO | antimony trioxide |
| ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
| CAS | Chemical Abstracts Service |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency (USA) |
| GLP | Good Laboratory Practice |
| IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
| IUCLID | International Uniform Chemical Information Database |
| LD50 | median lethal dose |
| LOAEC | lowest-observed-adverse-effect concentration |
| LOAEL | lowest-observed-adverse-effect level |
| NOAEL | no-observed-adverse-effect level |
| NTP | National Toxicology Program (USA) |
| USA | United States of America |