1. Foreword

   • Jean Nève
   • Alain Favier
   • Henri Faure

   EditorialNotes Pages: iii - iv

2. Chromium

   • Walter Mertz

   Part 1: Chromium Pages: 3 - 8

3. Chromium content of foods and diets

   • J. T. Kumpulainen

   Part 1: Chromium Pages: 9 - 18

4. Chromium, glucose tolerance, and diabetes

   • Richard A. Anderson

   Part 1: Chromium Pages: 19 - 24

5. The isolation of glucose tolerance factors from brewer's yeast and their relation to chromium

   • Monique Simonoff
   • Dennis Shapcott
   • Gabriel Simonoff

   Part 1: Chromium Pages: 25 - 38

6. Comaprative binding study of aluminum and chromium to human transferrin

   • A. A. Moshtaghie
   • M. Ani
   • M. R. Bazrafshan

   Part 1: Chromium Pages: 39 - 46

7. Chromium status of full-term and preterm newborns

   • Dominique Bougle
   • François Bureau
   • Jean-François Duhamel

   Part 1: Chromium Pages: 47 - 51

8. Plasma chromium concentrations in normal infants and cystic fibrosis patients

   • Dominique Bougle
   • François Bureau
   • Jean-François Duhamel

   Part 1: Chromium Pages: 53 - 55

9. The effect of chromium on parameters related to iron metabolism

   • Mohsen Ani
   • Ali Asghar Moshtaghie

   Part 1: Chromium Pages: 57 - 64

10. Chromium metabolism

    • Véronique Ducros

    Part 1: Chromium Pages: 65 - 77

11. Chromium content in the hair of children and students in Southern Poland

    • Malgorzata Schlegel-Zawadzka

    Part 1: Chromium Pages: 79 - 84

12. Physiological chromium determination in serum by zeeman graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry

    • Philippe Chappuis
    • Joël Poupon
    • François Rousselet

    Part 1: Chromium Pages: 85 - 91

13. Theoretical study of the intake of trace elements (nutrients and contaminants) via total diet in some geographical areas of Spain

    • Olga Moreiras
    • Carmen Cuadrado

    Part 1: Chromium Pages: 93 - 103

14. Chromium content in human milk, Cow's milk, and infant formulas

    • José-Angel Cocho
    • José R. Cervilla
    • José-Maria Fraga

    Part 1: Chromium Pages: 105 - 107

15. Glucose tolerance factor potentiation of insulin action in adipocytes from rats raised on a torula yeast diet cannot be attributed to a deficiency of chromium or glucose tolerance factor activity in the diet

    • Peter R. Shepherd
    • Clint Elwood
    • Leonard F. Blackwell

    Part 1: Chromium Pages: 109 - 113

16. Dietary chromium intake

    • Richard A. Anderson
    • Noella A. Bryden
    • Marilyn M. Polansky

    Part 1: Chromium Pages: 117 - 121

17. Chromium in the elderly

    • E. G. Offenbacher

    Part 1: Chromium Pages: 123 - 131

18. A study of chromium in human cataractous lenses and whole blood of diabetics, senile, and normal population

    • A. Pineau
    • O. Guillard
    • J. F. Risse

    Part 1: Chromium Pages: 133 - 138

19. Total chromium in the human lens

    • Alain Pineau
    • Olivier Guillard
    • Jean-François Risse

    Part 1: Chromium Pages: 139 - 143

20. Toxic effects of chromium and its compounds

    • François Baruthio

    Part 1: Chromium Pages: 145 - 153

21. Hair, serum, and urine chromium concentrations in former employees of the leather tanning industry

    • Janis Randall Simpson
    • Rosalind S. Gibson

    Part 1: Chromium Pages: 155 - 159

22. Hydroxyl radical formation and lipid peroxidation enhancement by chromium

    • Charles Coudray
    • Patrice Faure
    • Alain Favier

    Part 1: Chromium Pages: 161 - 170

23. Clinical implications of trace elements in endocrinology

    • Jean Neve

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 173 - 185

24. Endocrine regulation of trace element homeostasis in the rat

    • Pierre Allain
    • Gérard Leblondel

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 187 - 199

25. Absorption and metabolism of oral zinc gluconate in humans in fasting state, during, and after a meal

    • Jean Nève
    • Michel Hanocq
    • Francois Pelen

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 201 - 212

26. Cultured human skin fibroblasts absorb⁶⁵Zn

    • Pascale Guiraud
    • Marianne Lepee
    • Alain Favier

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 213 - 225

27. Iodine deficiency, other trace elements, and goitrogenic factors in the etiopathogeny of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD)

    • C. H. Thilly
    • J. B. Vanderpas
    • F. Delange

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 229 - 243

28. Contribution of milk to iodine intake in France

    • Michel Lamand
    • Jean-Claude Tressol

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 245 - 251

29. Selenium and rubidium changes in subjects with pathologically altered thyroid

    • Jan Kvíčala
    • Jiří Havelka
    • Vladimír Zeman

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 253 - 258

30. Iodine intakes assessed by urinary iodine concentrations in healthy children aged ten months, two years, and four years

    • Pierre Valeix
    • Paul Preziosi
    • Serge Hercberg

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 259 - 266

31. Acute effects of various doses of iodide on thyroid iodine autoregulation

    • Colette Briançon
    • Sylvain Halpern
    • Philippe Fragu

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 267 - 273

32. Effects of thyroparathyroidectomy on the distribution of bromine and iodine in rat tissues

    • Nouri Krari
    • Stéphane Berre
    • Pierre Allain

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 275 - 279

33. Influence of thyroparathyroidectomy and thyroxine replacement on CU and ZN cellular distribution and on the metallothionein level and induction in rats

    • G. Leblondel
    • A. Le Bouil
    • P. Allain

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 281 - 288

34. Selenium content of livers from sex-linked dwarf and normal broiler breeders

    • Eduard Kühn
    • Rudi Van Cauwenbergh
    • Hendrik Deelstra

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 289 - 292

35. Peptidylglycine α-amidating monooxygenase activity and TRH and CRF biosynthesis

    • Pierre Giraud
    • Jean-Yves Maltèse
    • Charles Oliver

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 293 - 301

36. Zinc and insulin sensitivity

    • Patrice Faure
    • Anne Roussel
    • Alain Favier

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 305 - 310

37. Effects of diabetes type and treatment on zinc status in diabetes mellitus

    • Jerome Honnorat
    • Michele Accominotti
    • Jacques Orgiazzi

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 311 - 316

38. Urinary zinc and its relationships with microalbuminuria in type I diabetics

    • Jean-Frédéric Brun
    • Colette Fons
    • André Orsetti

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 317 - 323

39. Zinc and copper in the serum of diabetic patients

    • Nikica Car
    • A. Car
    • B. Momčilović

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 325 - 329

40. Effect of acute zinc deficiency on insulin receptor binding in rat adipocytes

    • Marie Jeanne Gomot
    • Patrice Faure
    • Alain Favier

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 331 - 335

41. Zinc bone loss in chronic renal failure and chronic metabolic acidosis

    • Alberto Caldas
    • Marie Jeanne Richard
    • Claire Kleinknecht

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 339 - 348

42. Iron in granulocytes of nephrotic patients determined by Zeeman electrothermal atomic absorption spectrophotometry

    • Marc Matthys
    • Vic Blaton
    • Jos Spincemaille

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 349 - 354

43. Effects of acute prednisolone administration on plasma and liver copper in rats with adjuvant arthritis

    • Jeanine Fontaine
    • Jean Neve
    • Jean-Pierre Famaey

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 355 - 360

44. The role of zinc in reproduction

    • Alain Emile Favier

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 363 - 382

45. Hormonal effects of zinc on growth in children

    • Alain Emile Favier

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 383 - 398

46. Serum zinc and somatic growth in children with growth retardation

    • Colette Fons
    • Jean-Frédéric Brun
    • André Orsetti

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 399 - 404

47. Effects of a multivitamin mineral supplement on zinc and copper status during pregnancy

    • Estelle Thauvin
    • Michelle Fusselier
    • Alain Favier

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 405 - 414

48. The effect of barium selenate injection on selenium concentration and glutathione peroxidase activity in blood of pregnant ewes fed selenium-deficient diet

    • B. A. Zachara
    • U. Trafikowska
    • H. Lejman

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 415 - 419

49. Interleukin 2 production in iron-deficient children

    • Pilar Galan
    • Helene Thibault
    • Serge Hercberg

    Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology Pages: 421 - 426