1. Validity of hair mineral testing

   • R. J. Shamberger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 28

2. Sequential thoracentesis

   • Wolfgang Domej
   • Gernot Peter Tilz
   • Johanna Lang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 43

3. Altered elemental profile as indicator of homeostatic imbalance in pathogenesis of oral submucous fibrosis

   • Ranjan Rashmi Paul
   • Jyotirmoy Chatterjee
   • Keya Chaudhuri

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 56

4. Differences in calcium accumulation between human plantar and palmar aponeuroses

   • Cho Azuma
   • Yoshiyuki Tohno
   • Masa-oki Yamada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 68

5. High accumulation of calcium and phosphorus in the coronary artery of the Thai in comparison with the Japanese

   • Setsuko Tohno
   • Pasuk Mahakkanukrauh
   • Cho Azuma

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 82

6. Compositional changes of the aortic valve similar to the artery with aging

   • Setsuko Tohno
   • Yoshiyuki Tohno
   • Takeshi Minami

   OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 93

7. Concentrations of cadmium, zinc, copper, iron, and metallothionein in liver and kidney of nonhuman primates

   • Ruriko Ninomiya
   • Naoko Koizumi
   • Koichi Murata

   OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 111

8. Effects of dietary chromium and ascorbic acid supplementation on digestion of nutrients, serum antioxidant status, and mineral concentrations in laying hens reared at a low ambient temperature

   • Kazim Sahin
   • Nurhan Sahin
   • Osman Kucuk

   OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 124

9. Effects of zinc supplementation to ration on some hematological parameters in broiler chicks

   • Nurcan Dönmez
   • H. Hüseyin Dönmez
   • İlhami Çelik

   OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 131

10. An interaction between dietary silicon and arginine affects immune function indicated by con-A-induced DNA synthesis of rat splenic T-lymphocytes

    • C. D. Seaborn
    • M. Briske-Anderson
    • F. H. Nielsen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 142

11. Manganese accumulates in iron-deficient rat brain regions in a heterogeneous fashion and is associated with neurochemical alterations

    • Keith M. Erikson
    • Zakariya K. Shihabi
    • Michael Aschner

    OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 156

12. Body zinc distribution profile during N-methyl-N-nitrosourea-induced mammary tumorigenesis in rats at various levels of dietary zinc intake

    • Wendy Woo
    • Zhaoming Xu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 169

13. Cardiac functions and Taurine’s actions at different extracellular calcium concentrations in forced swimming stress-loaded rats

    • Hiroyasu Satoh
    • Toshiaki Nakatani
    • Satomi Haga

    OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 182

14. Association of different zinc concentrations combined with a fixed caffeine dose on plasma and tissue caffeine and zinc levels in the rat

    • Malektaj Yazdani
    • Sheila Gottschalk
    • Tetsuo Nakamoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 190

15. Study on the mechanism of cerium nitrate effects on germination of aged rice seed

    • Hong Fashui

    OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 200

16. Changes of element ratios of cultured cells from dune reed under adverse environmental conditions

    • Suxia Cui
    • Wei Wang
    • Cheng-Lie Zhang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 209

17. Simultaneous analysis for multiple heavy metals in contaminated biological samples

    • Mariko Mochizuki
    • Ryo Hondo
    • Fukiko Ueda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 223