Frontmatter -- Preface -- CONTENTS -- SESSION I -- MEDICAL ASPECTS OF TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH -- Discussion 1 -- SESSION II -- SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA IN RATS EXPOSED TO CADMIUM -- ON THE BONE TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT DURING PREGNANCY AND LACTATION -- 4-AMINOBUTYRATE: 2-OXOGLUTARATE AMINOTRANSFERASE INHIBITION IN RAT BRAIN BY LITHIUM TREATMENT -- INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION OF THIMOLYBDATE FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CHRONIC COPPER POISONING IN SHEEP -- Discussion 2 -- DEPENDANCE OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE ERYTHROCYTE GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE AND THE SELENIUM CONTENT OF BLOOD ON DIFFERENT SELENIUM INTAKES IN DIETARY TREATED PATIENTS -- INVESTIGATIONS TO THE INFLUENCE OF SELENIUM IN VETERINARIAN MEDICINE BY EXAMPLE OF NUTRITIVE MUSCLE DYSTROPHY IN LAMBS AND RETAINED PLACENTA IN DAIRY COWS -- Discussion 3 -- SESSION III -- USE OF NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS IN THE DETERMINATION OF ELEMENTS IN HUMAN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID -- COMPARISON OF THE REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN THE HUMAN BRAIN WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE WILSON'S DISEASE -- Discussion 4 -- REACTION OF ZINC AND MAGNESIUM IN THE BRAIN, LIVER, HEART AND BLOOD FOLLOWING THERMAL TRAUMA -- TRACE ELEMENT BEHAVIOUR OF HUMAN AND MAMMALIAN TISSUES DURING EXCESSIVE SUPPLY OF METALS -- URINARY CHROMIUM/CREATININE RATIO IN THE ASSESSMENT OF CHROMIUM NUTRITIONAL STATE -- DETERMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN PSORIATIC AND NONPSORIATIC SCALES WITH SPECIAL REGARD TO ZINC -- SOME APPLICATION OF ACTIVATION ANALYSIS IN MEDICINE -- Discussion 5 -- SESSION IV -- THE ROLE OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN THE ETIOLOGY OF CANCER -- MEASUREMENT AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS IN NORMAL AND ABNORMAL BREAST TISSUE -- Discussion 6 -- SESSION V -- TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IN CLINICAL MEDICINE -- SPECIAL FORMS OF BOUND TRACE ELEMENTS; THEIR ANALYSIS AND INTEREST IN MEDICINE -- THE CONCENTRATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN BLOOD FROM HEALTHY NEWBORNS -- APPLICATIONS OF FLAME ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY IN CLINICAL ANALYSIS -- THE DETERMINATION OF MANGANESE IN URINE AND SERUM -- DETERMINATION OF MOLYBDENUM IN SERUM -- Discussion 7 -- SESSION VI -- TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS BY GLOW DISCHARGE MASS SPECTROMETRY -- X-RAY TOTAL REFLECTION FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS -- HIGH-SENSITIVITY MULTIELEMENT TRACE ANALYSIS USING EDXRF SPECTROMETRY WITH MULTIPLE TOTAL REFLECTION OF THE EXCITING BEAM -- TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SAMPLES USING SPECIALLY DEVELOPED TECHNIQUES OF PIXE ANALYSIS -- QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN SERUM WITH PIXE -- NEUTRON ACTIVATION TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO BIOMEDICAL SAMPLES IN PARTICULAR TISSUES CONTAMINATED BY STAINLESS STEEL IMPLANTS -- DETERMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN ARTICULAR CARTILAGE BY INSTUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS -- ACTIVATION ANALYSIS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN THE HUMAN BLOOD SERUM OF SOME SPECIFIC DISEASES -- TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF THIN BIOLOGICAL TISSUE SAMPLES USING PROTON-INDUCED X-RAY EMISSION (PIXE) -- DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT BY GAMMA ACTIVATION ANALYSIS (GAA) -- X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS IN THE NANOGRAM REGION WITH A BRAGG POLARIZED PRIMARY BEAM -- Discussion 8 -- SESSION VII -- METALLOBIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH AT THE JRC-ISPRA AS CARRIED OUT BY NUCLEAR AND RADIOANALYTICAL METHODS -- SEPARATION OF LOCALIZED TRACE ELEMENTS (BE, CD, SE) IN SERUM PROTEIN FRACTIONS UNDER PHYSIOLOGICAL PH-CONDITIONS BY PREPARATIVE ISOTACHOPHORESIS -- CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF DEXTRAN GELS FOR GEL FILTRATION OF TRACE ELEMENT LIGANDS -- ACTIVATION ANALYSIS METHODS FOR TRACE ELEMENTS IN BLOOD AND BLOOD COMPONENTS -- DETERMINATION OF COPPER AND ZINC IN PLASMA PROTEIN FRACTIONS BY MEANS OF COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY AND ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY -- A CATALYTIC METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF ELEMENTARY SULPHUR AND SULPHUR COMPOUNDS IN DRUGS AND BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS IN NONAQUEOUS MEDIA -- PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN SERUM IRON BINDING CAPACITY MEASUREMENT -- AN α -D-MANNOSIDASE IN BLOOD PLASMA AS A POSSIBLE INDICATOR OF ZINC STATUS -- Discussion 9 -- SESSION VIII -- MATRIX EFFECTS IN THE TRACE METAL ANALYSIS OF URINE SAMPLES WITH FAAS -- ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY AS A TOOL TO STUDY THE DISTRIBUTION PATTERN OF SELENIUM IN HUMAN BLOOD -- A NOVEL SAMPLE INTRODUCTION FOR FLAME ATOMIC ABSORPTION AND INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA EMISSION SPECTROMETRY -- ANALYSIS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN BLOOD SERUM WITH AN INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA USED IN ATOMIC EMISSION SPETROMETRY -- SEARCH FOR SENSITIVE CATALYTIC METHODS IN ANALYSIS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL: IODINE, COBALT AND SELENIUM -- INVESTIGATIONS ON IMPROVING THE SENSITIVITY AND REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS IN ANIMAL TISSUE MICROELEMENT DETERMINATION BASED ON THE METHOD OF EMISSION SPECTRAL ANALYSIS -- HANGING MERCURY DROP ELECTRODEPOSITION TECHNIQUE FOR EMISSION SPECTROGRAPHIC TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF HUMAN PAROTID SALIVA -- CARBON FURNACE ATOMIC EMISSION DETERMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN BLOOD AND URINE -- Discussion 10 -- SESSION IX -- CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE LITERATURE VALUES OF EIGHTEEN TRACE ELEMENTS IN HUMAN SERUM OR PLASMA -- STUDY OF DISTRIBUTION HOMOGENEITY OF FE, CO AND ZN IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF NORMAL AND CIRHOTIC HUMAN LIVER BY THE NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS -- ANALYTICAL PRE-TREATMENT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL BY WET-ASHING METHODS -- EFFECTS OF WET ASHING TECHNIQUES ON THE DETERMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES -- Discussion 11 -- SESSION X -- THE RELIABILITY OF TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS AS REVEALED BY ANALYTICAL REFERENCE MATERIALS -- MILK-POWDER (A-ll) A NEW IAEA REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR TRACE AND OTHER ELEMENTS ANALYSIS -- THE ROLE OF RADIOCHEMICAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS IN CERTIFYING SELECTED TRACE ELEMENTS CONTENT IN BIOLOGICAL RELATED MATRICES -- MULTIELEMENT ANALYSIS BY NEUTRON ACTIVATION TO SHORT-LIVED RADIONUCLIDES WITH PREVIOUS REMOVAL OF SODIUM. APPLICATION TO DRY BIOLOGICAL STANDARD MATERIALS -- MEASUREMENT QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS BY APPLICATION OF REFERENCE MATERIALS -- Discussion 12 -- TRACE ELEMENTS IN NUTRITION -- Symposium " Trace Elements In the Life Sciences " -- Introduction by the chairman -- CHOICE OF THE ANALYTICAL METHOD -- PROBLEMS OF SAMPLING AND SAMPLE PREPARATION FOR TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES -- THE REQUIREMENTS OF MEDICINE FOR TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS IN THE 21st CENTURY -- Participants of the Panel discussion -- PANEL DISCUSSION: "Trends of Trace Element Analysis in the Life Sciences" -- List of Participants -- Subject Index -- Backmatterweiterlesen