TRACE ELEMENTS -- TRACE ELEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- A STUDY OF AIRBORNE TRACE ELEMENTS IN BELGRADE URBAN AREA: INSTRUMENTAL AND ACTIVE BIOMONITORING APPROACH -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. STUDY AREA -- 3. TRACE ELEMENTS IN PM10 -- 3.1. Sampling, Analysis and Modeling -- 3.2. Health Risk Assessment -- 3.3. Results and Discussion -- 3.3.1. Source Apportionment -- 3.3.2. Health Risk Results -- 4. ACTIVE BIOMONITORING OF TRACE ELEMENTS WITH MOSS BAGS -- 4.1. Moss Sampling, Bag Preparation and Exposure -- 4.2. Moss Sample Analysis -- 4.3. Results and Discussion -- 4.3.1. Trace Element Content in Moss Bags versus Exposure Time -- 4.3.2. Trace Element Concentrations in Dry and Wet Moss Bags -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- FLOW OPTOSENSING APPLIED TO THE ANALYSIS OF TRACE ELEMENTS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. TRACE ELEMENTS AND MICRONUTRIENTS -- 3. SOLID PHASE SPECTROSCOPY -- 4. FLOW METHODOLOGIES -- 5. FLOW-THROUGH OPTOSENSING -- Bead Injection Spectroscopy -- Flow-through Cells -- 6. DETECTION TECHNIQUES -- Absorptiometry -- Luminescence -- Fluorescence -- Phosphorescence -- 7. APPLICATIONS -- 8. FUTURE TRENDS -- REFERENCES -- TRACE METALS IN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE AND THEIR EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Sources of Heavy Metals -- Fruit and Vegetables -- Factors Affecting Heavy Metals Mobility and Bioavailability in Plants -- Toxic Effects of Trace Metals -- Copper -- Chromium -- Zinc -- Nickel -- Mercury -- Arsenic -- Lead -- Cadmium -- Manganese -- Iron -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- IMPLICATIONS OF EXCESSIVE LIVESTOCK MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND HUMAN HEALTH -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- IMPLICATIONS OF MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION -- COPPER AND ZINC -- PHOSPHORUS -- EFFECTS OF MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION ON ANIMAL HEALTH.

CHRONIC COPPER TOXICITY IN RUMINANTS -- TOXIC METAL TOXICITY IN FARM ANIMALS ASSOCIATED TO MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION -- EFFECTS ON HUMAN NUTRITION-PROS AND CONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- DISTRIBUTION AND POSSIBLE SOURCES OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS: COMPARATIVE STUDY AMONG ESTUARIES OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD -- ABSTRACT -- 1. DISTRIBUTION AND POSSIBLE SOURCES OF TRACE ELEMENTS -- 2. TRACE ELEMENTS IN ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS -- 3. TRACE ELEMENTS IN DIFFERENT ESTUARIES OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY -- 3.a. The Estuary of Urdaibai -- 3.b. Estuary of the Nerbioi-Ibaizabal River -- 4. TRACE ELEMENTS IN SEDIMENTS OF DIFFERENT ESTUARIES OF THE WORLD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN THE SEDIMENTS USING THE METHODS OF GEOCHEMICAL NORMALIZATION AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXPERIMENTAL -- 2.1. Study Area, Sampling and Sample Preservation -- 2.2. Determination of the Metal Contents -- 2.2.1. Extraction Method -- 2.2.2. Metal Determination -- 2.3. Normalization to Al -- 2.4. Statistical Analysis -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 3.1. Analysis of the Results Obtained by Extraction -- 3.2. The Results of the Geochemical Normalization -- 3.3. Comparison of Element Content with Background Values for Sediments and Soils -- 3.4. The Result of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) -- 3.4.1. PCA Analysis of Examined Elements in the Tisa Sediments -- R Mode -- Q Mode -- 3.4.2. PCA Analysis of Examined Elements in the Pančevo Alluvial Sediments -- R Mode -- Q Mode -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ZINC AVAILABILITY TO FORAGE CROPS IN SOILS OF THE PAMPAS REGION, ARGENTINA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STUDY AREA -- ZN AVAILABILITY IN SOILS OF THE PAMPAS REGION.

LEVELS OF ZINC IN PASTURES OF THE PAMPAS REGION -- USE OF SOIL AMENDMENTS FOR ZN FORTIFICATION OF PASTURES -- BIOSOLIDS -- LOLIUM PERENNE L. BIOMASS AND ZN CONCENTRATION -- ANIMAL MANURE -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.