Content: The need for multidisciplinary approaches in biological trace element research / G.V. Iyengar --
Bioavailability considerations in planning dietary intake studies / Bo LoΜnnerdal --
Planning in vivo body composition studies in humans / Kenneth J. Ellis --
In vitro investigations in biological trace element analysis : positive and negative aspects / Nicholas M. Spyrou --
Biologically related National Institute of Standards and Technology Standard reference materials : variability in concentration estimates / William Horwitz and Richard Albert --
The importance of chemometrics in biomedical measurements / Lloyd A. Currie --
Establishing quality measurements for inorganic analysis of biomaterials / James R. DeVoe --
Evaluation and improvement of nutrient composition data for trace elements in foods / Wayne R. Wolf --
Trace metal analysis and quality assurance in clinical chemistry / J. Savory, M.G. Savory, and M.R. Wills --
Accuracy and precision of trace metal determinations in biological fluids : interlaboratory comparison program / Jean-Phillipe Weber --
Trace elements in biological fluids : determination by stabilized temperature platform furnace atomic absorption spectrometry / K.S. Subramanian --
Inductively coupled and other plasma sources : determination and speciation of trace elements in biomedical applications / Ramon M. Barnes --
Analytical method aspects of assessing dietary intake of trace elements / Stephen G. Capar --
Direct analysis of biological samples : simultaneous multielement analysis-atomic absorption spectrometry with miniature cup solid sampling / Ikuo Atsuya --
Arsenic, bismuth, copper, lead, nickel, and selenium in some biological samples : determination by graphite furnace atomization-atomic absorption spectrometry / Ni Zhe-ming, Shan Xiao-Quan, Jin Long-Zhu, Luan Shen, Zhang Li, and K.S. Subramanian --
In vivo and biochemical determination of toxic cadmium in rats / Chien Chung and Wen-Kang Chen --
Trace elements in National Institute for Environmental Studies Standard reference materials : determination by instrumental neutron activation analysis / Shogo Suzuki and Shoji Hirai --
Selenium in human serum : determination by rapid wet-ashing and high performance liquid chromatographic-fluorometric method / Eiji Aoyama, Terumichi Nakagawa, Yoriko Suzuki, and Hisashi Tanaka --
Speciation chemistry of foods : problems and prospects / D.J. McWeeny, H.M. Crews, and R.C. Massey --
Biological reference materials for metal speciation : National Institute for Environmental Studies fish tissue reference material for organotin compounds / K. Okamoto --
Trace elements associated with proteins : neutron activation analysis combined with biological isolation techniques / Susan F. Stone, Rolf Zeisler, Glen E. Gordon, Raphael P. Viscidi, and Erich H. Cerny --
Speciation and determination of selenium and mercury accumulated in a dolphin liver / Kazuko Matsumoto --
Synchrotron radiation and its application to chemical speciation / B.M. Gordon and K.W. Jones --
Comparative intestinal absorption and subsequent metabolism of metal amino acid chelates and inorganic metal salts / H. DeWayne Ashmead --
Mineral supplementation in plants via amino acid chelation / Robert B. Jeppsen --
Trace element-induced toxicity in cultured heart cells / Craig C. Freudenrich, Shi Liu, and Melvyn Lieberman --
Stable isotope dilution for zinc analysis in low birth weight infants / J.P. Van Wouwe and R. Rodrigues Pereira.