Noble metals and biological systems  their role in medicine, mineral exploration, and the environment 
editor, Robert R. Brooks. 
 - Boca Raton  CRC Press  c1992. 
 - 392 p.  ill. (some col.)  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction / Robert R. Brooks -- Analytical chemistry of the noble metals -- Analytical chemistry of the noble metals / Robert R. Brooks -- Ecology and environmental science of noble metals -- Biogeochemical exploration for deposits of the noble metals / Colin E. Dunn -- Noble metals in hair / Jack E. Fergusson -- Environmental geochemistry and biogeochemistry of palladium / Evaldo L. Kothny -- Noble metal biogeochemistry of microorganisms / Robert R. Brooks and John R. Watterson -- Animals and noble metals / Robert R. Brooks and Robert W. Boyle -- Noble metals in the environment / Jack E. Fergusson -- Noble metals in medicine -- Gold and silver in medicine / Richard A. Wigley and Robert R. Brooks -- Osmium and arthritis / Conrad C. Hinckley ... [et al.] -- Ruthenium complexes as anticancer agents / Bernhard K. Keppler ... [et al.] -- Platinum chemotherapy for cancer treatment / Evan B. Douple. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0849361648 (acid-free paper)  89.95 (est.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>91030284  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Precious metals--Physiological effect.<br/>Silver--physiology.<br/>Platinum--physiology.<br/>Gold--physiology.<br/>Biochemistry<br/>Biogeochemistry
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QP532  / .N63 1992 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>591.19/214