Proceedings of the VIIIth Conference of the International Society for Trace Element Research in Humans (ISTERH), the IXth Conference of the Nordic Trace Element Society (NTES), and the VIth Conference of the Hellenic Trace Element Society (HTES), 2007

Covers the international joint conference in Hersonissos, Crete-Greece, in October 2007, that discussed the gaps in experimental evidence related to the physiologic role and toxicity of trace elements in human health.

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Current state of knowledge and gaps in experimental evidence related to the physiologic role and toxicity of trace elements in human health were presented and discussed at an international joint conference in Hersonissos, Crete-Greece, in October 2007. The conference (ISTERH/NTES/HTES ‘07) constituted the VIIIth Conference of the International Society for Trace Element Research in Humans (ISTERH), the IXth Conference of the Nordic Trace Element Society (NTES), and the VIth Conference of the Hellenic Trace Element Society (HTES). The focus of the conference is put on the topics:










Trace minerals as modulators of arterial function







Zinc nutriture and the fetal origins of disease







Health consequences of trace element deficiencies







Copper in neurologic and neurodegenerative diseases







Health effects of low dose exposure to toxic metals







Environmental stress and mineral homeostasis







Molecular mechanisms of metal induced disease







Advances in analytical detection of trace elements in biological tissues







Mineral elements and molecular signaling as it relates to human disease







Is copper involved in carcinogenesis/carcinostatics?







Zinc and the common cold







The role micronutrients (iodine, iron and zinc) in intellectual development.