The journal provides the reader with a thorough description of theoretical and applied aspects of trace elements in medicine and biology and is devoted to the advancement of scientific knowledge about trace elements and trace element species. Trace elements play essential roles in the maintenance of physiological processes. During the last decades there has been a great deal of scientific investigation about the function and binding of trace elements. The Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biologyfocuses on the description and dissemination of scientific results concerning the role of trace elements with respect to their mode of action in health and disease and nutritional importance. Progress in the knowledge of the biological role of trace elements depends, however, on advances in trace elements chemistry. Thus the Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology will include only those papers that base their results on proven analytical methods. 
Also, we only publish those articles in which the quality assurance regarding the execution of experiments and achievement of results is guaranteed.

original papers, reviews, clinical notes, technical notes and short communications

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Dirk Schaumlöffel
University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour, France Email Prof. Dr. Dirk Schaumlöffel
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Tanja Schwerdtle
Universität Potsdam, Institute of Nutritional Science, Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116, 14558, Nuthetal (Potsdam), OT Bergholz-Rehbrück, Germany Email Prof. Dr. Tanja Schwerdtle
Honorary Editor
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kruse-Jarres
Editorial Board
Prof. Dr. Richard Anderson
USDA-ARS Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland, United States
Prof. Dr. Pilar Bermejo-Barrera
University of Santiago de Compostela Department of Analytical Chemistry Nutrition and Food Science, Lugo, Spain
Dr. Paola Borella
University of Modena Department of Diagnostic Medicine Clinical and Public Health, Modena, Italy
Dr. Julia Bornhorst
Universität Potsdam, Institute of Nutritional Science, Nuthetal (Potsdam), OT Bergholz-Rehbrück, Germany
Prof. Dr. Peter Brätter
Berlin, Germany
Dr. Salih Cesur
Ankara Training and Research Hospital Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Clinic, Ankara, Turkey
Dr. Laurent Chavatte
International Centre for Infectiology Research, Lyon, France
Dr. José Angel Cocho
University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela Laboratory of Metabolic Pathologies, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Prof. Dr. Marc DeLey
KU Leuven Department of Chemistry, Heverlee, Belgium
Dr. Dirk Dobritzsch
Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
Dr. Alfred A. Duker
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Department of Geomatic Engineering, Kumasi, Ghana
Dr. Franziska Ebert
Universität Potsdam, Institute of Nutritional Science, Nuthetal (Potsdam), OT Bergholz-Rehbrück, Germany
Assoc. Professor Margherita Ferrante
University of Catania Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences Advanced Technologies GF Ingrassia, Catania, Italy
Dr. Martha Field
Cornell University Division of Nutritional Sciences, Ithaca, New York, United States
Dr. Swaran Jeet Singh Flora
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Raebareli, Raebareli, India
Professor Dianne Ford
Northumbria University Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. Roland Gaertner
Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
Dr. Montserrat González Estecha
Clinical Analysis Service of the San Carlos Clinical Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Dr. Olivier Guillard
Poitiers University Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Poitiers, France
Prof. Dr. Hajo Haase
TU Berlin Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Berlin, Germany
Prof. Dr. Helina Hartikainen
University of Helsinki Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, HELSINKI, Finland
Dr. Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dr. Esther Humann-Ziehank
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Clinic for Small Claw Animals and Forensic Medicine and Ambulance Clinic, Hannover, Germany
Prof. Dr. Anna Kipp
Friedrich Schiller University Jena Institute of Nutrition, Jena, Germany
Prof. Dr. Leslie M. Klevay
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
Prof. Dr. Josef Köhrle
Charite University Hospital Berlin The Institute for Experimental Endocrinology, Berlin, Germany
Prof. Dr. Anunciación Lafuente
University of Vigo Faculty of Sciences, Orense, Spain
Dr. Maria Linder
California State University Fullerton Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Fullerton, California, United States
Dr. Sean M. Lynch
Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy, Downers Grove, Illinois, United States
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Maret
King's College London Division of Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, London, United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Michalke
Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Ctr for Environ. Health, Neuherberg, Germany
Dr. Forrest Nielsen
USDA-ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
Dr. Elena A. Ostrakhovitch
Western University Department of Chemistry, London, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Jeanne Ovesen
Regional Hospital Randers Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Randers, Denmark
Dr. Jun Panee
University of Hawai'i at Manoa Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Prof. Dr. Ludmilla Puchkova
Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University Department of Biophysics, Sankt Peterburg, Russian Federation
Prof. Dr. Lothar Rink
University Hospital Aachen Department of Nephrology Rheumatology and Immunology, Aachen, Germany
Prof. Dr. Harry Robberecht
University of Antwerp Department of Pharmacy, Wilrijk, Antwerpen, Belgium
Prof. Dr. Lutz Schomburg
Charite University Hospital Berlin The Institute for Experimental Endocrinology, Berlin, Germany
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Schöne
Thuringian State Institute of Agriculture, Jena, Germany
Prof. Dr. Klaus Schuemann
LMU Munich Walther Straub Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, München, Germany
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schweizer
Rheinisch Friedrich Wilhelms University Bonn Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bonn, Germany
Dr. Margarita G. Skalnaya
ANO Center for Biotic Medicine, Moskva, Russian Federation
Prof. Dr. Anatoly Skalny
ANO Center for Biotic Medicine, Moskva, Russian Federation
Dr. Nikolay Solovyev
Institute of Technology Sligo, Sligo, Ireland
Dr. Diane Stearns
Northern Arizona University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
Dr. Andrew Taylor
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford, United Kingdom
Dr. Alexey A. Tinkov
Yaroslavl State University of Laboratory of Biotechnology and Applied Bioelementology, Yaroslavl, Russian Federation
Prof. Dr. Marco Vinceti
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Department of Biomedical Metabolic and Neuro Sciences, Modena, Italy
Dr. Gijsbert B. van der Voet
Health Council, 's-Gravenhage, Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Neil I. Ward
University of Surrey Department of Chemistry, Guildford, United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Windisch
Technical University of Munich School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Freising, Germany
Dr. Munehiro Yosihida
Kansai University Faculty of Chemistry Materials and Bioengineering Graduate School of Science and Engineering Laboratory of Food and Nutritional Scie, Osaka, Japan
Dr. Jette Feveile Young
Aarhus University Department of Food Science, Tjele, Denmark
Editorial Assistant
Christine Weidl
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