Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- NEWER ASPECTS OF ANALYTICAL METHODS -- WHERE IS ANALYSIS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN BIOTIC MATRICES GOING TO? -- DETERMINATION OF SELENIUM IN BODY FLUIDS USING HYDRIDE-GENERATION AND GRAPHITE FURNACE ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY -- LASER ENHANCED IONIZATION SPECTROSCOPY IN FLAME AND FURNACE AS A TOOL FOR TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS -- QUANTITATIVE ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS (EXRFA) OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES USING INFORMATIONS FROM THE BACKGROUND CONTINUUM -- AUTOMATIC RADIOCHEMICAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS PROCEDURE FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF THE TRACE ELEMENTS As, Au, Cd, Cs, Cu, Hg, Mo, Rb, Se AND Zn IN HUMAN SERUM -- PREANALYHCAL STEPS: SAMPLING AND SAMPLE TREATMENT -- NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DECOMPOSITION OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL -- ALKALI-DIGESTION METHOD USING TMAH FOR DETERMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS CONTAINED IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS -- SEMI-MICRO ACCESSORY TO AN AUTOMATED WET DIGESTION SYSTEM FOR ASHING SMALL SAMPLE AMOUNTS -- AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR DETERMINATION OF SELENIUM IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS -- ANALYSIS OF MANGANESE IN BLOOD SAMPLES FROM INFANTS AND CHILDREN -- SPECIATION ANALYSIS -- CHARACTERIZATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF ELEMENT SPECIES BY COMBINED ANALYTICAL METHODS -- COMBINATION OF HPLC AND ICP-AES FOR THE SPECIATION OF SELENIUM AND OTHER TRACE ELEMENTS IN BODY FLUIDS -- DISTRIBUTION OF SELENIUM IN COW'S AND HUMAN MILK -- SPECIATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN HUMAN MILK AND MILK FORMULAS -- QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF PROTEINS USING POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS AND NEUTRON ACTIVATION -- SEPARATION OF CHROMIUM(II I) FROM CHROMIUM(VI) USING GRAPHITE FURNACE CHEMISTRY -- SEPARATION AND ISOLATION OF COPPER-METALLOTHIONEINS BY FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY (FPLC) -- THE EFFECTS OF COOKING AND SIMULATED GASTRO-INTESTINAL DIGESTION ON THE SPECIATION OF CADMIUM IN PIG KIDNEY -- CHANGE OF SPECIATION OF FUNGUS BOUND CADMIUM DURING DIGESTION IN THE RAT -- TRACE ELEMENT LEVELS and REFERENCE DATA in BODYFLUIDS and TISSUES -- LIMITS OF TRACE ELEMENT CONTENTS IN ORGANISM AS PARAMETERS FOR TRACE ELEMENT METABOLISM -- INVESTIGATION OF NATURAL CHROMIUM LEVELS IN HUMAN BLOOD -- TRACE ELEMENTS IN HUMAN CLINICAL SPECIMENS: EVALUATION OF LITERATURE DATA TO IDENTIFY REFERENCE VALUES -- PB, CD, AND MN IN FETAL, INFANT, AND ADULT RIB BONES FROM URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS OF GERMANY -- A STUDY OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN HUMAN PLACENTA, BLOOD AND HAIR FROM THE YUGOSLAV CENTRAL ADRIATIC -- COMMERCIAL DIAGNOSTIC HAIR ANALYSIS: ACCURACY OR FANTASY - A CASE STUDY -- REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN THE HUMAN BRAIN -- LITHIUM IN BIOLOGICAL AND DIETARY MATERIALS -- THE DISTRIBUTION OF FLUORINE OVER HAMSTER TOOTH GERMS -- SPECIAL ELEMENTS : ALUMINIUM and PLATINUM -- PLATINUM METALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT - A CHALLENGE TO TRACE ANALYSIS -- DETERMINATION OF BASELINE PLATINUM LEVELS IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS -- TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF SKELETAL MUSCLE IN PATIENTS WITH TESTICULAR TUMOUR BEFORE AND AFTER CISPLATINUM TREATMENT -- ANALYTICAL AND PHARMACOKINETIC STUDIES OF PT-BASED ANTITUMOR GENTS IN BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS -- ALUMINIUM KINETICS DURING HEMODIALYSIS: EFFECTS OF THE ALUMINIUM CHELATOR DESFERRIOXAMINE -- INFLUENCE OF RENAL IMPAIRMENT ON ALUMINIUM KINETICS -- THE INFLUENCE OF SUCRALFATE ON SERUM ALUMINIUM LEVELS IN HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS -- THE INTESTINAL SPECIATION OF GALLIUM: POSSIBLE MODELS TO DESCRIBE THE BIOAVAILABILITY OF ALUMINIUM -- NUTRITION and FOODSTUFFS -- ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF DIETARY FIBRE -- SELENIUM STATUS IN HEALTHY BELGIAN ADULTS: ASSESSMENT OF ADEQUACY BY VARIOUS BIOCHEMICAL INDICES AND RESPONSE TO SUPPLEMENTATION -- EFFECTS OF INCREASING DIETARY SELENIUH INTAKE IN HUMANS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A LONGITUDINAL STUDY -- SELENIUM IN FOOD AND NUTRITION IN FRANCE -- DETERMINATION OF MINOR AND TRACE ELEMENT IN HUMAN DIET BY ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY -- DISTRIBUTION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN FOOD DETERMINED BY PIXE ANALYSIS -- MULTI-ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIAL BABY MILK FOODS BY ICPSMS AND INAA -- TELLURIUM IN FOODSTUFFS AND ITS INTESTINAL ABSORPTION IN THE RABBIT -- CADMIUM-BIOAVAILABILITY AND THE INFLUENCE OF FEED COMPONENTS IN CHICKENS -- TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS IN DIAGNOSIS AND IN PATHOLOGICAL STATES -- TRACE ELEMENT REGULATION OF IMMUNITY AND INFECTION; BASIC CONCEPTS AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS -- TUBE FEEDING AND LOW SELENIUM STATE -- AN APPROACH TO MOLYBDENUM IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS -- METAL CONTENT IN HUMAN ALVEOLAR CELLS OF IRON-STEEL WORKERS AND CONTROL SUBJECTS STUDIED BY PIXE -- MULTIELEMENT ANALYSES IN HUMAN LUNG TISSUE CORRELATED WITH SMOKING, EMPHYSEMA AND LUNG CANCER -- EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON IRON, COPPER, ZINC, CADMIUM, COERULOPLASMIN AND TOTAL PROTEIN CONTENTS OF AMNIOTIC FLUID AND SERUM OF PREGNANT WOMEN AND NEONATES -- DETERMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN PATIENTS AND CARRIERS OF DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. A NEW PHYSIOPATHOLOGICAL APPROACH -- ZINC, COPPER AND SELENIUM IN CHRONIC AND ACUTE INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC DISEASES -- CHANGES OF COPPER, ZINC AND IRON VALUES IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE AND CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE -- TRACE ELEMENTS IN HUMAN BRAIN : REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION AND ALTERATIONS IN STRUCTURES AFFECTED BY CEREBRAL INFARCTION -- USE OF ENRICHED STABLE ISOTOPES TO DETERMINE ZINC AND COPPER ABSORPTION IN PREMATURE INFANTS AND PATIENTS WITH M. WILSON -- COPPER UPTAKE IN SHORT TIME CULTIVATED RAT HEPATOCYTES AND COPPER ACCUMULATION WITHIN THE RAT LIVER DURING CHOLESTASIS STUDIED BY PROTON INDUCED X-RAY EMISSION (PIXE) -- INAA OF RABBIT TISSUES AND ORGANS AFTER APPLICATION OF TANTALUM IMPLANTS -- TRACE ELEMENT STATUS OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OF INDIVIDUALS WITH NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES BY ICP-MS -- TRACE ELEMENT METABOLISM -- THE METABOLISM OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION -- THE REGULATION OF LIVER IRON METABOLISM -- NEW DATA ON THE HYPOTHESIS OF THE BRAIN PARTICIPATION IN IRON HOMEOSTASIS -- STRAIN-DEPENDENT DIFFERENCES IN COPPER ACCUMULATION AND EXCRETION UPON DIETARY COPPER LOADING IN THE RAT -- METALLOTHIONEIN INDUCTION BY METHOTREXATE IN LIVER AND INTESTINAL MUCOSA -- EFFECT OF MERCURY ON THE SUBCELLULAR DISTRIBUTION OF ENDOGENOUS COPPER AND ZINC AND THE PRESENCE OF Hg, Cu, Zn -METALLOTHIONEIN IN THE KIDNEY OF RATS EXPOSED TO MERCURY VAPOUR -- EFFECT OF ZINC DEFICIENCY ON THE GUINEA PIG DURING PREGNANCY -- EFFECT OF ARSENIC ON MITOCHONDRIAL METABOLISM AFTER SINGLE OR REPEATED INJECTION IN GUINEA PIGS -- INFLUENCE OF SOME ORGANIC ACIDS ON CADMIUM RETENTION IN PIGS -- PRETREATMENT WITH LOW DOSES OF CADMIUM OR ZINK DECREASES LETHALITY IN MICE ACUTELY POISONED WITH ARSENIC -- DETERMINATION OF THE SUPEROXIDE SCAVENGING ACTIVITY OF VARIOUS MANGANESE COMPOUNDS BY USE OF OPTICAL AND ESR TECHNIQUES -- POSSIBILITIES OF DIAGNOSING THE ZINC, MANGANESE, COPPER, IODINE. SELENIUM AND CADMIUM STATUS -- ESSENTIALITY OF THE TRACE ELEMENT BROMINE -- INTER-INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY OF THE KINETICS OF LEAD IN MAN -- Subject Index -- Author Index -- List of Participants -- Backmatterweiterlesen