Biological Trace Element Research: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

The Need for Multidisciplinary Approaches in Biological Trace Element Research; Bioavailability Considerations in Planning Dietary Intake Studies; The Planning of In Vivo Body Composition Studies in Humans; In Vitro Investigations in Biological Trace Element Analysis: Positive and Negative Aspects; Biologically Related National Institute of Standards and Technology Standard Reference Materials: Variability in Concentration Estimates; The Importance of Chemometrics in Biomedical Measurements; Establishing Quality Measurements for Inorganic Analysis of Biomaterials; Evaluation and Improvement of Nutrient Composition Data for Trace Elements in Foods; Trace Metal Analysis and Quality Assurance in Clinical Chemistry; Accuracy and Presicion of Trace Metal Determinations in Biological Fluids: Interlaboratory Comparison Program; Trace Elements in Biological Fluids: Stabilized Temperature Platform Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry; Determination and Speciation of Trace Elements in Biomedical Applications: Inductively Coupled and Other Plasma Sources; Analytical Method Aspects of Assessing Dietary Intake of Trace Elements; Direct Analysis of Biological Samples by Simultaneous Multielement Analysis: Atomic Absorption Spectrometry with Miniature Cup Solid Sampling; Arsenic, Bismuth, Copper, Lead, Nickel, and Selenium in Some Biological Samples: Graphite Furnace Atomization-Atomic Absorption Spectrometry; In Vivo and Biochemical Determination of Toxic Cadium in Rats; Trace Elements in National Institute for Environmental Studies Standard Reference Materials: Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis; Selenium in Human Serum: Rapid Wet-Ashing and High Performance Liquid Chromatogaphic-Fluorometric Method; Speciation Chemistry of Foods: Problems and Prospects; Biological Reference Materials for Metal Speciation: National Institute for Environmental Standards; Fish Tissue Reference Material for Organotin Compounds; Protein Determination: Neutron Activation Analysis Combined with Biological Isolation Techniques; Synchrotron Radiation and Its Application to Chemical Speciation; Comparative Intestinal Absorption and Subsequent Metabolism of Metal Amino Acid Chelates and Inorganic Metal Salts; Mineral Supplementation in Plants Via Amino Acid Chelation; Trace Element-Induced Toxicity in Cultured Heart Cells; Zinc Status of Low Birth Weight Infants: Stable Isotope Dilution