1. Effect of long-term therapy with sodium valproate on nail and serum trace element status in epileptic children

   • Ferah Armutcu
   • Elif Ozerol
   • Omer Akyol

   Original Articles Pages: 1 - 10

2. Relationship among managanese, arginase, and nitric oxide in childhood asthma

   • A. Kocyigit
   • D. Zeyrek
   • A. Koylu

   Original Articles Pages: 11 - 18

3. Chromium and manganese levels in the scalp hair of normals and patients with breast cancer

   • Eser Kilic
   • Recep Saraymen
   • Engin Ok

   Original Articles Pages: 19 - 25

4. Distribution of lead in human milk fractions

   • Alexandra da Silva Anastácio
   • Carmem Lucia Porto da Silveira
   • Carmen Marino Donangelo

   Original Articles Pages: 27 - 37

5. Effects of zinc, copper, and selenium on placental cadmium transport

   • Yali Zhang
   • Yongcheng Zhao
   • Tiqiang Fan

   Original Articles Pages: 39 - 49

6. Superoxide dismutase activity and zinc and copper concentrations in growth retardation

   • Pelin Aribal Kocatürk
   • Güzin Özelçi Kavas
   • Zeynep Siklar

   Original Articles Pages: 51 - 59

7. Activity of glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, and lipid peroxidation in erythrocytes in workers exposed to lead

   • Sławomir Kasperczyk
   • Aleksandra Kasperczyk
   • Ewa Birkner

   Original Articles Pages: 61 - 72

8. Age-dependent decreases of sulfur and magnesium in human round ligaments of the uterus and relationships among elements

   • Takashi Naganuma
   • Katsuhiko Naruse
   • Hajime Morikawa

   Original Articles Pages: 73 - 82

9. Accumulation of calcium in human common iliac artery, aortic valve, xiphoid process, costal cartilage, posterior longitudinal ligament, trigeminal nerve, and rib accompanied by increase of magnesium

   • Yoshiyuki Tohno
   • Setsuko Tohno
   • Yasuo Takano

   Original Articles Pages: 83 - 90

10. Decreased zinc toxicity resulting from doxorubicin without increased GSSG export in three human lung cell lines

    • U. I. Walther
    • S. C. Walther
    • B. Fichtl

    Original Articles Pages: 91 - 104

11. Effects of halothane, enflurane, and isoflurane on plasma and erythrocyte antioxidant enzymes and trace elements

    • Hülya Türkan
    • Neslihan Bukan
    • M. Hakan Bukan

    Original Articles Pages: 105 - 112

12. Removal of selenium and arsenic by animal biopolymers

    • Shin-Ichi Ishikawa
    • Shiho Sekine
    • Makoto Itoh

    Original Articles Pages: 113 - 127

13. Cytotoxicity of copper ions released from metal

    • María Cecilia Cortizo
    • Mónica Fernández Lorenzo de Mele

    Original Articles Pages: 129 - 141

14. A review of the “mysterious” wasting disease in swedish moose (Alces alces L.) related to molybdenosis and disturbances in copper metabolism

    • Adrian Frank

    OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 159

15. Role of zinc in regulating the levels of hepatic elements following nickel toxicity in rats

    • Pardeep Sidhu
    • M. L. Garg
    • D. K. Dhawan

    Original Articles Pages: 161 - 172

16. Effect of zinc on biological half-lives of ⁶⁵Zn in whole body and liver and on distribution of ⁶⁵Zn in different organs of rats following nickel toxicity

    • Pardeep Sidhu
    • M. L. Garg
    • D. K. Dhawan

    Original Articles Pages: 173 - 188

17. Effect of nickel(II) chloride on iron content in rat organs after oral administration

    • Maria Cempel

    Original Articles Pages: 189 - 198

18. Effect of chronic fluorosis on lipid peroxidation and histology of kidney tissues in first- and second-generation rats

    • Erdal Karaoz
    • Meral Oncu
    • Ethem Mumcu

    Original Articles Pages: 199 - 208

19. Effects of taurine on oxidative stress parameters and chromium levels altered by acute hexavalent chromium exposure in Mice Kidney tissue

    • I. Ipek Boşgelmez
    • Gülin Güvendik

    Original Articles Pages: 209 - 225

20. Influence of extremely-low-frequency magnetic field on antioxidative melatonin properties in AT478 murine squamous cell carcinoma culture

    • K. Żwirska-Korczala
    • M. Adamczyk-Sowa
    • S. J. Konturek

    Original Articles Pages: 227 - 243

21. Heavy metal and other trace elements in native mussel Diplodon chilensis from Nothern Patagonia Lakes, Argentina

    • S. Ribeiro Guevara
    • D. Bubach
    • M. Arribére

    Original Articles Pages: 245 - 263

22. Trace elemental analysis of cancer-afflicted intestine by PIXE technique

    • S. Bhuloka Reddy
    • M. John Charles
    • V. Vijayan

    Original Articles Pages: 265 - 281

23. Biological trace element research

    • J. -P. Vidal
    • G. Vidal-Valat
    • K. Kurki-Suonio

    Erratum Pages: 283 - 283