Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop Neuherberg, Federal Republic of Germany, April 1988

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- NEWER ASPECTS OF ANALYTICAL METHODS -- WHERE IS ANALYSIS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN BIOTIC MATRICES GOING TO? -- DETERMINATION OF SELENIUM IN BODY FLUIDS USING HYDRIDE-GENERATION AND GRAPHITE FURNACE ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY -- LASER ENHANCED IONIZATION SPECTROSCOPY IN FLAME AND FURNACE AS A TOOL FOR TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS -- QUANTITATIVE ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS (EXRFA) OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES USING INFORMATIONS FROM THE BACKGROUND CONTINUUM -- AUTOMATIC RADIOCHEMICAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS PROCEDURE FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF THE TRACE ELEMENTS As, Au, Cd, Cs, Cu, Hg, Mo, Rb, Se AND Zn IN HUMAN SERUM -- PREANALYHCAL STEPS: SAMPLING AND SAMPLE TREATMENT -- NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DECOMPOSITION OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL -- ALKALI-DIGESTION METHOD USING TMAH FOR DETERMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS CONTAINED IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS -- SEMI-MICRO ACCESSORY TO AN AUTOMATED WET DIGESTION SYSTEM FOR ASHING SMALL SAMPLE AMOUNTS -- AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR DETERMINATION OF SELENIUM IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS -- ANALYSIS OF MANGANESE IN BLOOD SAMPLES FROM INFANTS AND CHILDREN -- SPECIATION ANALYSIS -- CHARACTERIZATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF ELEMENT SPECIES BY COMBINED ANALYTICAL METHODS -- COMBINATION OF HPLC AND ICP-AES FOR THE SPECIATION OF SELENIUM AND OTHER TRACE ELEMENTS IN BODY FLUIDS -- DISTRIBUTION OF SELENIUM IN COW'S AND HUMAN MILK -- SPECIATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN HUMAN MILK AND MILK FORMULAS -- QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF PROTEINS USING POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS AND NEUTRON ACTIVATION -- SEPARATION OF CHROMIUM(II I) FROM CHROMIUM(VI) USING GRAPHITE FURNACE CHEMISTRY -- SEPARATION AND ISOLATION OF COPPER-METALLOTHIONEINS BY FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY (FPLC) -- THE EFFECTS OF COOKING AND SIMULATED GASTRO-INTESTINAL DIGESTION ON THE SPECIATION OF CADMIUM IN PIG KIDNEY -- CHANGE OF SPECIATION OF FUNGUS BOUND CADMIUM DURING DIGESTION IN THE RAT -- TRACE ELEMENT LEVELS and REFERENCE DATA in