Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- Session I: SELENIUM METABOLISM -- Selenium Metabolism and Function in Man and Animals -- Discussion Plenary. Lecture Session I -- Session II: SELENIUM IN NUTRITION -- Effects of Selenium Intake in Man at High Dietary Levels of Seleniferous Areas of Venezuela -- Discussion Plenary Lecture. Session II - 1 -- Consequences of Low Se-Intake for Man -- Discussion Plenary Lecture. Session II - 2 -- Intake of Zn, Mn, and Se by Adult Females - A Total Diet Study -- Discussion Session. Session II - 3 -- Session III: SELENIUM ANALYSIS -- Se-Analysis in Biological Materials -- Discussion Plenary Lecture. Session III - 1 -- The Selenium Content in Milk as an Indicator of the Selenium Status of Cows -- Assessment of Selenium Status in Patients Receiving Long-Term Total Parenteral Nutrition -- Selenium in Nutrition -- The Selenium of Mushrooms -- Selenium Status in Patients with Juvenile Chronic Arthritis -- Zinc, Copper, Selenium and Glutathione Peroxidase in Plasma and Erythrocytes of Down's Syndrome (Trisomy 21) Patients. Interpretation of some Variations -- Trace Elements in Human Pancreas -- Determination of Selenium in Human Tissue Samples Using Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Based on Zeeman Effect Background Correction -- An Interlaboratory Survey of the Determination of Selenium in Blood: A Preliminary Report -- Accuracy of the Selenium Determination in Body Fluids Using Atomic Absorption Spectrometry -- Discussion Session III - 2 -- Chromium Revisited -- Discussion Session III - 3 -- Session IV: MANGANESE IN NUTRITION AND MEDICINE -- Nutritional Aspects of Manganese -- Discussion Plenary Lecture. Session XV - 1 -- Interaction Between Mn, Zn and Ca in Pigs -- Discussion Session IV - 2 -- Session V: SPECIATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS -- A Structure and Function Correlation of Metal - Thiolate Proteins -- Discussion Plenary Lecture. Session V - 1 -- A New Chemical Reaction System for Flow Through Analysis and Post Column Chromotographic Detection of Manganese and Chromium Species -- Immunolocalisation of Zinc Metallothionein in Rat Tissues -- The Speciation of Aluminium in Human Blood Serum -- Protein Binding of Aluminium in Plasma of Maintenance Hoemodialysis Patients -- Discussion Session V - 2 -- Session VI: TRACE ELEMENTS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES -- Trace Elements in Breast Milk in Endemic Fluorosis Areas and Normal Areas -- Correlation of Plasma Chromium Levels with the Result of Cineangiographic Studies of the Coronary Arteries -- Platelets and Thrombosis: Selenium and Other Mineral Elements -- Zinc and Copper Concentrations in Plasma and Erythrocytes during Operations with the Cardiopulmonary Bypass -- Zinc Substitution under Extreme Excretion during and after Extracorporeal Circulation -- The Use of 56MN for Measurements of Manganese Uptake in Isolated Living Myocardial Tissue -- Discussion Session VI -- Session VII: APPLICATION OF DIFFERENT ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES -- Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis (LAMMA) in Nephrological Investigations -- Serum Trace Element in Hemoproliterative Diseases -- Distribution of Elements in Human Kidney by PIXE Analysis -- Bronchial Carcinoma and Metal Content of the Lung Studied by PIXE -- Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Particulate Matter Deposited in Human Lung -- Discussion Session VII -- Session VIII: NEWER ESSENTIAL TRACE ELEMENTS -- Significance of the Newer Essential Trace Elements (like Si, Ni, As, Al, Li, V, ...) for the Nutrition of Man and Animal -- Discussion Plenary Lecture. Session VIII - 1 -- Urinary Lithium Excretion in Endemic (EG) and Non-Endemic Goiter Areas (NEG) in Venezuela, Preliminary Report -- Localization of Aluminum in Bone of Patients with Dialysis Osteomalacia -- Interaction of Plantinium with Selenium and Other Trace Elements in Mice Treated with the Antitumor Agent Cisplatin -- Discussion Session VIII - 2 -- Session IX: ANALYSIS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS -- Vanadium in Huweiterlesen