Analytical Methods for Trace Elements in Human Biofluids
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Novel Methods in Toxicology Research".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2026 | Viewed by 11
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Trace element analysis in human biofluids plays a critical role in clinical diagnostics, environmental health, toxicology, nutrition, occupational exposure assessment, and exposomics research in general. Advances in analytical instrumentation and sample preparation strategies have significantly improved the sensitivity, selectivity, throughput, and robustness of trace element determination in complex biological matrices such as blood, serum, plasma, urine, saliva, tears, sweat, breast milk, cerebrospinal fluid, and other emerging biofluids.
This Special Issue aims to highlight recent developments in analytical methods for the determination, characterization, and speciation of trace elements in human biofluids. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to atomic spectrometry, hyphenated techniques, elemental speciation, biomonitoring, biomarker investigation, sample preparation strategies, and contamination control. Additional topics of interest include miniaturized and high-throughput methods, method validation, quality assurance, and the application of analytical methods in clinical, environmental, nutritional, and epidemiological studies.
We welcome original research articles, reviews, short communications, and methodological studies addressing both essential and toxic elements, emerging contaminants, and innovative analytical workflows that improve reliability, sensitivity, and applicability for the newest challenges in human biomonitoring and biofluid analysis.
Dr. Lucas Schmidt
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- trace element analysis
- Human biofluid
- ICP-MS
- atomic spectrometry
- biomonitoring
- elemental speciation
- metals
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