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 B