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Trace elements : human health and environment / edited by Hosam El-Din M. Saleh, Eithar El-Adham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eithar El-Adham
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trace elements--Environmental aspects.
- Trace elements.
- Trace elements in agriculture.
- Trace elements in nutrition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (186 pages)
- Other Title:
- Trace elements
- Place of Publication:
- IntechOpen 2018
- London, England : IntechOpen, [2018]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Over the last few years, we have witnessed increasing efforts dedicated to the scientific investigation and characteristics of trace elements. Especially in the field of human and animal nutrition, trace elements display a considerably attractive issue for research because they play an essential role in the nutrition of both animals and humans. Aquatic environments contaminated with trace elements are an emerging research area due to the toxicity, abundance, and environmental persistence of trace elements. Accumulation of heavy metals as a class of trace elements in various environments, and the subsequent transition of these elements into the food and feed chain, severely affects human health. The determination of type and concentration of trace elements is regarded as the first and most important step to follow the mechanisms controlling the dispersal and accumulation of trace elements. Element speciation in different media (water, soil, food, plants, coal, biological matter, food, and fodder) is pivotal to assess an element's toxicity, bioavailability, environmental mobility, and biogeochemical performance. Recently, new analytical techniques have been developed, which greatly simplified the quantitation of many trace elements and considerably extended their detection range. In this context, the development of reproducible and accurate techniques for trace element analysis in different media using spectroscopic instrumentation is continuously updated.
- Notes:
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (InTech, viewed October 13, 2022).
- ISBN:
- 9781838816773
- 1838816771
- 9781789236712
- 1789236711
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