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1797492 
Journal Article 
Review 
Trace elements -- A selective survey 
Reinhold, JG 
1975 
Yes 
Clinical Chemistry
ISSN: 0009-9147
EISSN: 1530-8561 
21 
4 
476-500 
English 
1090397 
WOS:A1975W095000003 
Trace elements are reviewed. Those which are essential are defined and identified. The functions and dietary sources of trace metals and general features of their metabolism are summarized. Detailed information is presented on the essential elements iodine (7553562), iron (7439896), zinc (7440666), copper (7440508), chromium (7440473), cobalt (7440484), manganese (7439965), and molybdenum (7439987). Those elements recently shown to be essential, vanadium (7440622), nickel (7440020), selenium (7782492), silicon (7440213), tin (7440315), and fluorine (7782414), are also considered. The author concludes that knowledge concerning trace metals has grown remarkably in the past few years.