Part 1 General aspects: metals in natural raw materials, Karl Hans Wedepohl; production and processing of metals, Roger C.Wilmoth et al; chemical processes in the environment, James J.Morgan and Werner Stumm; analytical chemistry of metals and metal compounds, Markus Stoeppler; metal concentrations in human body fluids and tissues, Ulrich Ewers and Arthur Brockhaus; bioindicators for monitoring heavy metals in the environment, Jurg Hertz; metals and metal compounds in waters, Biserka Raspor; metal compounds in the atmosphere, Hans Puxbaum; indoor environments, the role of metals, Lawrence Fishbein; heavy metal compounds in the soil, Herbert W.Schmitt and Hans Sticher; dumping of wastes, Ulrich Forstner et al; heavy metals in sewage sludge and town waste compost, Heinz Hani; deposition of acids and metal compounds, Bernhard Ulrich; mobilization of metals from sediments, Ulrich Forstner and Willem Salomons; uptake, distribution and effects of metal compounds on plants, Michael L.Berrow and John C.Burridge; metal tolerance in higher plants, Caroline L.Schultz and Thomas C.Hutchinson; bacteria, fungi, and blue-green algae, Betty H.Olson and Ashok K.Panigrahi; metal loads of food of vegetables origin including mushrooms, Peter Weigert; metal accumulation in the food chain and load of feed and food, Hans-Jorgen Hapke; metals as essential trace elements for plants, animals, and man, Felix Kiefer; the significance of interactions in metal essentiality and toxicity, Detmar Beyersmann; cell biochemistry and transmembrance transport of some metals, Stephen G.George; metallothioneins, Andreas Schaffer and Jeremias H.R.Kagi; effects of metals on domestic animals, Hans-Jurgen Hapke; extrapolation of animal experiments, Magnus Piscator; metal and ceramic implants, Rolf Michel; treatment using metal ions and complexes, John R.Duffield and David R.Williams; intake, distribution, and excretion of metals and metal compounds in humans and animals, Ulrich Ewers and Hans-werner Schlipkoter; acute metal toxicity in humans, Marika Geldmacher-von Mallinckrodt; chronic toxicity of metals and metal compounds, Ulrich Ewers and Hans-Werner Schlipkoter; metal compounds and immunotoxicology, Badrul Alam Chowdhury and Ranjit Kumar Chandra; mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, teratogenicity, Erich Gebhart and Toby G.Rosman; ecogenetics, Marika Geldmacher-von Mallinckrodt; standard setting and risk assessment in human exposure to metals and their compounds, Reinier L.Zielhuis; standards, guidelines and other legislative regulations concerning metals and metal compounds, Ulrich Ewers.(Part contents).
