1. Announcement

   Announcement Pages: i - i

2. Serum selenium in adult Czechoslovak (central bohemia) population

   • Vlasta Korunová
   • Zdenka Škodová
   • Miroslav Stýblo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 99

3. The influence of inorganic silicon (Si) on pituitary-thyroid axis

   • Jacek Najda
   • Jan Gmiński
   • Franciszek Zych

   OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 106

4. The action of excessive, inorganic silicon (Si) on the mineral metabolism of calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg)

   • Jacek Najda
   • Jan Gmiński
   • Alojzy danch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 114

5. Genetic influences on tissue deposition of aluminum in mice

   • Gary J. Fosmire
   • Stephen J. Focht
   • Gerald E. McClearn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 121

6. Determination of isotope ratios in human tissues enriched with zinc stable isotope tracers using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)

   • James K. Friel
   • Henry P. Longerich
   • Simon E. Jackson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 136

7. Effect of coenzyme Q₁₀ supplementation on cardiac hypertrophy of male rats consuming a high-fructose, low-copper diet

   • Charles G. Lewis
   • Meira Fields
   • Mark D. Lure

   OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 149

8. Carbodithioate MeOBDCG for decreasing intracellular cadmium deposits in rats of different ages

   • Radivoj Arežina
   • Biserka Kargačin
   • Pramod K. Singh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 156

9. Effect of methylmercuric chloride (MMC) on fibrin polymerization

   • Marta Michalska
   • Ryszard Wierzbicki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 164

10. Effects of aurothioglucose and dietary se on glutathione S-Transferase activities and glutathione concentrations in chick tissues

    • Young S. Kim
    • Gerald F. Combs

    OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 177

11. Intracellular distribution of hepatic copper in macular mutant mice

    • Noriyuki Shiraishi
    • Tetsuya Taguchi
    • Hideo Kinebuchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 186

12. Effect of zinc supplementation on resistance of cultured human skin fibroblasts toward oxidant stress

    • Marie-Jeanne Richard
    • Pascale Guiraud
    • Alain Favier

    OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 199

13. The reproducibility of the plasma response to a physiological dose of zinc in healthy subjects

    • Samir Samman
    • Karin van Het Hof
    • Peter Snitch

    OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 207

14. Selenium concentration and glutathione peroxidase activity in selenium and magnesium deficient rats

    • Zongjian Zhu
    • Mieko Kimura
    • Yoshinori Itokawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 209 - 217

15. Mineral status in selenium-deficient rats compared to selenium-sufficient rats fed vitamin-free casein-based or torula yeast-based diet

    • Zongjian Zhu
    • Mieko Kimura
    • Yoshinori Itokawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 231

16. Copper deficient rat heart can compensate for doxorubicin-induced oxidant stress

    • Joan G. Fischer
    • Randall L. Tackett
    • Mary Ann Johnson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 251

17. Copper status in rats fed diets supplemented with either vitamin E, vitamin A, or β-carotene

    • Gerrit J. van den Berg
    • Arnoldina G. Lemmens
    • Anton C. Beynen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 253 - 259

18. Effect of polyaspartic acid on CdCl₂-induced nephrotoxicity in the rat

    • Toshiaki Shibasaki
    • H. Nakano
    • O. Sakai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 261 - 267

19. Effect of zinc on L-threonine transport across the jejunum of rabbit

    • María-Carmen Rodriguez Yoldi
    • José-Emilio Mesonero
    • María-Jesús Rodriguez Yoldi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 269 - 279

20. Comparison of clastogenic effects of antimony and bismuth as trioxides on mice in vivo

    • Neelam Gurnani
    • Archana Sharma
    • Geeta Talukder

    OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 292

21. Determination of superoxide dismutase-like activity in some divalent metal saccharinates

    • Maria C. Apella
    • Roxana Totaro
    • Enrique J. Baran

    OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 299