
- 516 pages
- English
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About this book
Disorders of Mineral Metabolism, Volume I: Trace Minerals covers the pathophysiology of clinically relevant minerals and elements. This volume focuses on minerals whose average daily intake is under 50 mg. This text is composed of 12 chapters that tackle the clinical relevance and essentiality of various trace minerals in the human body, with particular emphasis on the disorders due to their abnormal metabolism. The trace mineral and elements considered in this volume include iron, coppers, zinc, lead, nickel, manganese, chromium, molybdenum, cadmium, aluminum, tin, lithium, and fluoride. Each chapter discusses the properties, body requirements, analysis, nutritional interactions, and toxicity of the mineral. This book will prove useful to biochemists, pathophysiologists, and workers in the medical field.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Trace Minerals
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Contents of Other Volumes
- Chapter 1. Iron
- Chapter 2. Copper
- Chapter 3. Zinc in Human Nutrition
- Chapter 4. Lead
- Chapter 5. Nickel
- Chapter 6. Manganese
- Chapter 7. Chromium
- Chapter 8. Molybdenum
- Chapter 9. Cadmium
- Chapter 10. Aluminum and Tin
- Chapter 11. Lithium
- Chapter 12. Fluoride
- Index