Dietary Reference Intakes for Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Vitamin B12, Pantothenic Acid, Biotin, and Choline (1998) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix P Glossary and Abbreviations
Appendix P Glossary and Abbreviations
Pages 537-540
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CHD Coronary heart disease CI Confidence interval CoA Coenzyme A CSFII Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals, a survey conducted by the Agricultural Research Service, USDA CV Coefficient of variation DFE Dietary folate equivalent DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid Dose-response The step in a risk assessment in which the rela assessment tionship between nutrient intake and adverse effect (in terms of incidence and/or severity of the effect) is determined.
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of a nutrient at which an adverse effect has been identified. MCV Mean cell volume MI Myocarclial infarction MMA Methylmalonic acici MTHFR Methylenetetrahycirofolate recluctase NAD Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide NADP Nicotinamicle aclenine clinucleoticle phosphate NAS National Acaclemy of Sciences NE Niacin equivalent
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NRC National Research Council, the organizational arm of the National Academies NTD Neural tube defect 4-PA 4-Pyricloxic acid pABG ~Aminobenzoylglutamate PARP Poly-ADP-ribose polymerase PGA Pteroylglutamic acid PL Pyricloxal PLP Pyridoxal phosphate PM Pyricloxamine PMP Pyridoxamine phosphate PN Pyricloxine PNP Pyridoxine phosphate RDA Recommencleci Dietary Allowance Risk Within the context of nutrient toxicity, the prob ability or likelihood that some adverse effect will result from a specified excess intake of a nutrient. Risk assessment An organized framework for evaluating scientific information that has as its objective a character ization of the nature and likelihood of harm re sulting from excess human exposure to an envi ronmental agent (in this case, a clietary nutrient)
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Risk The process by which risk assessment results are management integrated with other information to make cleci sions about the neeci for, method of, and extent of risk reduction. In aciclition to risk assessment results, risk management considers such issues as the public health significance of the risk, techni cal feasibility of achieving various degrees of risk control, and economic and social costs of this control.
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