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Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2021 Jun;235:113749. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113749. Epub 2021 May 04.

Harmonization of acronyms for volatile organic compound metabolites using a standardized naming system.

International journal of hygiene and environmental health

Denise S Tevis, Sharon R Flores, Brandon M Kenwood, Deepak Bhandari, Peyton Jacob, Jia Liu, Pawel K Lorkiewicz, Daniel J Conklin, Stephen S Hecht, Maciej L Goniewicz, Benjamin C Blount, Víctor R De Jesús

Affiliations

  1. Tobacco and Volatiles Branch, Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  2. Tobacco and Volatiles Branch, Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
  3. Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, Division of Cardiology, Clinical Pharmacology Program, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  4. American Heart Association - Tobacco Regulation and Addiction Center, Superfund Research Center, Diabetes and Obesity Center, Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
  5. Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
  6. Nicotine and Tobacco Product Assessment Resource, Department of Health Behavior, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Studies, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA.

PMID: 33962120 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113749

Abstract

Increased interest in volatile organic compound (VOC) exposure has led to an increased need for consistent, systematic, and informative naming of VOC metabolites. As analytical methods have expanded to include many metabolites in a single assay, the number of acronyms in use for a single metabolite has expanded in an unplanned and inconsistent manner due to a lack of guidance or group consensus. Even though the measurement of VOC metabolites is a well-established means to investigate exposure to VOCs, a formal attempt to harmonize acronyms amongst investigators has not been published. The aim of this work is to establish a system of acronym naming that provides consistency in current acronym usage and a foundation for creating acronyms for future VOC metabolites.

Published by Elsevier GmbH.

Keywords: Acronyms; Biomonitoring; Mercapturic acids; Naming systems; Volatile organic compound metabolites; Volatile organic compounds

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