1. 7th International Hans Wolfgang Nürnberg Memorial Symposium on “Metal Compounds in Environment and Life”Modena (Italy), 4–7 June 1997

   • Mario Baraldi

   Editorial Pages: 331 - 332

2. Atomic absorption spectrometric screening and gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric determination of organotin compounds in marine mussels: an application in samples from the Venetian Lagoon

   • G. Binato
   • G. Biancotto
   • R. Angeletti

   Conference contribution Pages: 333 - 337

3. Heavy metal biosorption by bacterial cells

   • A. Vecchio
   • Carlo Finoli
   • Vincenza Andreoni

   Conference contribution Pages: 338 - 342

4. Determination of mineral balances in sheep offered feed with added cadmium and zinc

   • Paul Chiy
   • Miguel de la Fuente
   • C. Phillips

   Conference contribution Pages: 343 - 348

5. A chemometric survey of three sites in Muggia Bay (Northern Adriatic Sea): meteorological effects on heavy metal patterns in surface coastal waters

   • Pierluigi Barbieri
   • Gianpiero Adami
   • E. Reisenhofer

   Conference contribution Pages: 349 - 352

6. Fruits of ribes, rubus, vaccinium and prunus genus. Metal contents and genome

   • M. Plessi
   • D. Bertelli
   • A. Monzani

   Conference contribution Pages: 353 - 354

7. Evaluation of lead(II) and nickel(II) toxicity in NaCl and NaClO4 solutions by using MicrotoxR bioassay

   • I. Villaescusa
   • C. Matas
   • J. C. Murat

   Conference contribution Pages: 355 - 358

8. Vermiculite clay mineral as an effective carbon paste electrode modifier for the preconcentration and voltammetric determination of Hg(II) and Ag(I) ions

   • Irena Grabec Švegl
   • Mitja Kolar
   • Boris Pihlar

   Conference contribution Pages: 358 - 362

9. Contents and localization of heavy metals in human placentae

   • E. Reichrtova
   • M. Ursinyova
   • L. Wsolova

   Conference contribution Pages: 362 - 364

10. Influence of heavy metals, especially lead, on lipid metabolism, serum alpha-tocopherol level, total antioxidant status, and erythrocyte redox status of copper smelter workers

    • Jolanta Antonowicz
    • R. Andrzejak
    • Tomasz Lepetow

    Conference contribution Pages: 365 - 367

11. Cadmium(II) specifically interacts with cellular signaling to induce proto-oncogenes c-fos and c-jun in rat PC12 cells

    • D. Beyersmann
    • Thorsten Schäfer

    Conference contribution Pages: 368 - 371

12. Lead interferes with calcium entry through membrane pores

    • D. Büsselberg
    • K. Schirrmacher
    • M. Wiemann

    Conference contribution Pages: 372 - 376

13. Disruption of DNA repair processes by carcinogenic metal compounds

    • Andrea Hartwig
    • Leon Mullenders
    • M. Hartmann

    Conference contribution Pages: 377 - 380

14. Molecular biology of nickel carcinogenesis

    • Max Costa

    Conference contribution Pages: 381 - 385

15. Dose-dependent induction of apoptosis or necrosis in human cells by organotin compounds

    • F. Zaucke
    • H. Zöltzer
    • H. F. Krug

    Conference contribution Pages: 386 - 392