Despite the development of innovative new analytical techniques for biological trace
element research, today's trace element investigators face formidable obstacles to obtaining …

In the late 1960s and 1970s, atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) un-derwent explosive
commercial devel-opment and acceptance. It seemed as if everyone, in every field, was …

Element speciation determines the different forms a chemicalelement can take within a
given compound, enabling chemists topredict possible ramifications for the environment and …

The major theme of this book is analytical approaches to trace metal and speciation analysis
in biological specimens. The emphasis is on the reliable determination of a number of …

The recognition of the fact that in environmental chemistry, occupational health, nutrition,
and medicine the chemical, biological, and toxicological properties of an element are …

Trace element analysis and problems of contamination are firmly and unavoidably linked.
The latter have been an increasingly important consideration because of the continuous …

Trace element speciation is a life-controlling factor in all living organisms, from unicellular
algae to the human species. Almost half of the several hundred known enzymes are …

The book, divided into twelve parts, first discusses the importance of trace elements and
their determination. This is followed by a discussion of the principles of the methods for their …

Publisher Summary A trace element is taken to mean an element that constitutes less than
one per cent of the wet weight of biological material. Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen …

Elemental speciation in biological fluids implies investigation of the bond between the trace
element and available ligands, mostly proteins or low relative molecular mass compounds …