Essential Role, Forms and Conditions of Administration of Trace Elements. Risk Assessment for Essential Trace Elements in Humans; W. Mertz. Trace Element Supplementation at Different Periods of Age. Essential Trace Elements in the Nutrition of Infants; B. Bratter. Trace Elements in Relation with Inflammatory Conditions and Infections and in Digestive Diseases. Copper and Zinc in the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Inflammatory Disorders; R. Milanino, et al. Trace Elements in Endocrinology and Nutrition. Type II Diabetes and Chromium; R.A. Anderson, et al. Pharmacological Applications of Trace Elements. Pharmacological Uses of Zinca and Other Trace Elements in Dermatology; M.T. Leccia. Trace Eleents, Teeth, Bone Physiology and Bone Diseases. Trace Elements and Bone Metabolism; A. Peretz. Status, Epidemiology of Trace Elements and Intervention Studies. Degree, Clinical Consequences and Eradication of Iodine Deficiency in Europe; F. Delange. Genetic Disorders of Copper Metabolism. The Copper-Transporting ATPases Defective in Menkes Disease and Wilson Disease; D. Cox. 66 Additional Articles. Index.