Quantitative Trace Analysis of Biological Materials

General Aspects Introduction (H.A. McKenzie and L.E. Smythe). Sampling, processing and quality control in trace analysis (H.A. McKenzie and L.E. Smythe). Design of laboratories for trace and ultra-trace analysis (H.A. McKenzie and L.E. Smythe). Chromatographic Methods in Trace Determination of Elements Ion chromatography (P.R. Haddad). High performance liquid chromatography (P. Jones). Gas chromatography (T.H. Risby). Spectroscopic Methods in Trace Determination of Elements Absorption spectrophotometry and spectrofluorometry (L.G. Hargis). Flame emission and atomic absorption spectroscopy (J.B. Willis and B.J. Stevens). Emission spectroscopy (M.M. Kimberly, E.S. DiPetro and D.C. Paschal). Mass spectrometry of metals (H.-R. Schulten and W.-D. Lehmann). X-ray spectrometry (D.E. Leyden). Electrochemical Methods in Trace Determination of Elements Polarography and stripping voltammetry (H.A. McKenzie). Ion-selective electrode methods and potentiometry (M.E. Meyerhoff and M.E. Collison). Radiochemical Methods in Trace Determination of Elements Radiochemical methods, especially neutron activation analysis (R. Cornelis). Automated Methods and Data Handling Laboratory robotics for trace analysis (G.L. Hawk and H.M. Kingston). A note on automated methods in clinical studies (L.E. Smythe). Kinetic methods (D.V. Vinjamoori). Data processing and interpretation (L.E. Smythe). Reference Materials, Sample Preparation and Individual Sample Types Biological reference materials for quality control (M. Ihnat). Food samples (J.W. Jones). Agricultural samples (M.W. Pritchard and J. Lee). Sea water samples (G. Gillain). Clinical samples (G.V. Iyengar and V. Iyengar). Selected `Essential' Trace Elements Iron, cobalt and nickel (S.S. Jorgensen and J.R. Andersen). Copper and zinc (H.T. Delves). Chromium (J. Kumpulainen). Molybdenum (M. Paakki and J. Kumpulainen). Manganese (K. Heydorn). Selenium (F. Alt and J. Messerschmidt). Fluorine (J.W. Shortland). Iodine (G.B. Belling). Silicon (O.K. Borggaard). Some Common Toxic Trace Elements Cadmium (H.L. Boiteau and A. Pineau). Mercury (H.L. Boiteau and A. Pineau). Thallium (H.A. Chandler and M. Scott). Arsenic (K.S. Subramanian). Lead (K.S. Subramanian). Selected Other Trace Elements Tin (H.J.M. Bowen). Lithium (E.I. Hamilton). Aluminium (D.H. Froment and A.C. Alfrey). Antimony (B.M. Smith). Gold and platinum (T.R. Sykes). Determination of some `Macro Elements' Introductory note. Calcium and magnesium (V.K. Panday). Nitrogen (H.A. McKenzie). Phosphorus (J.E. Fildes). Sulphur (J.E. Fildes). Appendices Biological and related reference materials for determination of elements (M. Ihnat). Chemical speciation of trace elements in analysis of biological materials (L.E. Smythe). Index