Scottish Trace Element and Micronutrient Reference Laboratory
Scotland's specialised laboratory for trace elements and vitamins in health and disease
Links
Some links that may be useful.
- The Supraregional Assay Service Trace Element Laboratories. This site gives details of the services offered by NHS Trace Element Laboratories in England and Wales.
- The Regional Laboratory for Toxicology, Birmingham. Information on the trace element services offered by this laboratory.
- Clinical Biochemistry in North Glasgow. Information on the department and a handbook detailing all the tests carried out. The website of the North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust gives details of the patient services offered by the Trust and links to various departments.
- The Library at North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust. A useful site with links to many information sources.
- The US National Library of Medicine's free Medline site for access to the world literature on medicine.
- The Health and Safety Executive has a website with information and advice relating to exposure to cadmium and lead.
- A good source of informarion on the micronutrients is the Micronutrient Information Center of the Linus Pauling Institute.
- The "LeadSafeHome" website is devoted to the problems of environmental lead exposure and what we can do to avoid it. A useful site.
- The US Environmental Protection Agency has informative pages on lead and mercury.
- The Vegetarian Society has excellent information on iron and zinc.