Includes bibliographical references and index.

Speciation dependent intake and uptake of essential elements / Janette Davidge and David R. Williams -- Magnesium in human therapy / Hans-Georg Classen, Heimo Franz Schimatschek, and Konrad Wink -- Calcium status and supplementation / Lasse Larsson and Per Magnusson -- Zinc deficiency : its characterization and treatment / Amanda S. Prasad -- The use and role of zinc and its compounds in wound healing / Paul W. Jones and David R. Williams -- Iron chelators and their therapeutic potential / Robert R. Crichton and Roberta J. Ward -- Vanadium compounds in the treatment of diabetes / Katherine H. Thompson and Chris Orvig -- Copper and zinc complexes as antiinflammatory drugs / Carolyn T. Dillon ... [et al.] -- Gold complexes in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis / Luigi Messori and Giordana Marcon -- The medical use of lithium / Nicholas J. Birch -- Bismuth in medicine / Hongzhe Sun, Li Zhang, and Ka-Yee Szeto -- Metal complexes as chemotherapeutic agents against tropical diseases : malaria, trypanosomiasis, and leishmaniasis / Roberto A. Sánchez-Delgado, Atilio Anzellotti, and Liliana Suárez -- Metal complexes as therapeutic agents in nitrogen monoxide modulation / Simon P. Fricker.