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 ? -D-MANNOSIDASE IN BLOOD PL