1. Mapping of ecologically unfavorable territories based on human hair composition

   • A. A. Kist
   • L. I. Zhuk
   • I. N. Mikholskaya

   Original Articles Pages: 1 - 12

2. Distribution pattern of rare earth elements in fern

   • Femgfu Fu
   • Tasuku Akagi
   • Kazunori Shinotsuka

   Original Articles Pages: 13 - 26

3. Effect of auxinhormone lanthanide complexes on the growth of wheat coleoptile

   • Huo Wenmian
   • Fang Jian
   • Zeng Zhengzhi

   Original Articles Pages: 27 - 35

4. The aluminum content in some patch test allergens

   • Terken Baydar
   • Gönül Şahin
   • Nilgün Atakam

   Original Articles Pages: 37 - 42

5. The effects of aluminum, iron, chromium, and yttrium on rat intestinal smooth muscle in vitro

   • Lisiane Cunat
   • Herve Membre
   • Daniel Burnel

   Original Articles Pages: 43 - 59

6. Effect of biliary ligation on manganese accumulation in rat brain

   • Cindy D. Davis
   • Denice M. Schafer
   • John W. Finley

   Original Articles Pages: 61 - 74

7. Effects of micromolar concentrations of Mn, Mo, and Si on α₁adrenoceptor-mediated contraction in porcine coronary artery

   • Ming Yan
   • Zhizhem Lu
   • Chide Han

   Original Articles Pages: 75 - 87

8. Urinary homovanillic acid (HVA) and vanillymandelic acid (VMA) in workers exposed to manganese dust

   • Ling Bao Ai
   • Lay Ha Chua
   • Choon Nam Ong

   Original Articles Pages: 89 - 99

9. Manganese uptake and release by cultured human hepatocarcinoma (Hep-G2) cells

   • John W. Fimley

   Original Articles Pages: 101 - 118

10. Effect of vitamin E and selenium supplementation of cockerel diets on glutathione peroxidase activity and lipid peroxidation susceptibility in sperm, testes, and liver

    • Peter Surai
    • Inna Kostjuk
    • Evgeny Kutz

    Original Articles Pages: 119 - 132

11. Direct determination of selenium in human blood plasma and seminal plasma by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry and clinical application

    • Te-Hsien Lin
    • Wei-Chang Tseng
    • Su-Ya Cheng

    Original Articles Pages: 133 - 149

12. The effect of altered selenium and vitamin E nutritional status on learning and memory of third-generation rats

    • Metin Baştug
    • Sülün Ayhan
    • Belma Turan

    Original Articles Pages: 151 - 160

13. The effect of selenium and vitamin E on microvascular permeability of rat organs

    • Emine Demirel-Yilmaz
    • Deniz Dinçer
    • Belma Turam

    Original Articles Pages: 161 - 168

14. Erythrocyte antioxidant activity and trace element levels in Behçet’s disease

    • Ahmet Tüzün
    • Ahmet Aydin
    • Mustafa Turan

    Original Articles Pages: 169 - 174

15. Cardiac hypertrophy in copper-deficient rats is owing to increased mitochondria

    • Shumin Mao
    • Denis M. Medeiros
    • Robert E. C. Wildman

    Original Articles Pages: 175 - 184

16. Failure to respond to interferon-α 2a therapy is associated with increased hepatic iron levels in patients with chronic hepatitis C

    • Fujito Kageyama
    • Yoshimasa Kobayashi
    • Hirotoshi Nakamura

    Original Articles Pages: 185 - 196

17. Transition metals as protease inhibitors

    • Bryn Duffy
    • Chad Schwietert
    • John P. McCue

    Original Articles Pages: 197 - 213

18. Comparison of sperm viability with seminal plasma metal levels

    • Earl B. Dawson
    • Sherry Ritter
    • Leslie C. Powell

    Original Articles Pages: 215 - 219

19. Determinants of zinc intake in low-Income black and white pregnant women

    • Yasmin H. Neggers
    • Robert L. Goldemberg
    • Rachel L. Copper

    Original Articles Pages: 221 - 228

20. Age-related changes of element contents in the human meniscus

    • Yumi Moriwake
    • Yoshiyuki Tohno
    • Yoshinori Takakura

    Original Articles Pages: 229 - 235

21. Trace element correlations in the blood of indian women with breast cancer

    • Vivek Singh
    • A. N. Garg

    Original Articles Pages: 237 - 245

22. Selenium-mediated differential response of β-glucosidase and β-galactosidase of germinatingTrigonella foenum-graecum

    • M. Sreekala
    • K. Lalitha

    Original Articles Pages: 247 - 258

23. Daily hyperhydration effect on electrolyte deficiency of endurance-Trained subjects during prolonged hypokinesia

    • Yan G. Zorbas
    • Yuri Y. Yaroshenko
    • Sergei L. Matvedev

    Original Articles Pages: 259 - 273

24. Effects of dietary manganese on arterial glycosaminoglycan metabolism in sprague—dawley rats

    • Peiying Yang
    • Dorothy J. Klimis-Tavantzis

    Original Articles Pages: 275 - 288