Beta thalassemia major is an inherited disease resulting from reduction or total lack of beta globin chains. Patients with this disease need repeated blood transfusion for survival. This may cause oxidative stress and tissue injury due to iron overload, altered antioxidant enzymes, and other essential trace element levels. The aim of this review is to scrutinize the relationship between oxidati...

1. Trace Elementsbiochemical function, effects of deficiency and methods of assessment 1.1. Zinc 1.2 Copper 1.3 Iron 1.4 Selenium 1.5 Chromium 1.6 Molybdenum 1.7 Manganese 2. Trace elements in clinical nutrition 2.

In the last years a great deal of research has been focused on the determination of harmful trace metals such as Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni or Pb in airborne particulate matter (APM). However, the commonly applied determination of total element concentrations in APM provides only an upper-end estimate of potential metal toxicity. For improved risk assessment it is important to determine bio-accessible ...