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Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Micronutrients > Trace Elements
Food and Beverages > Food > Nutrients > Micronutrients > Trace Elements
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Inorganic Chemicals > Elements > Trace Elements

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Trace Elements  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Elements, Trace
  • Element, Trace
  • Trace Element

Note

  • do not confuse with "tracers" used for detection or with trace amounts of substances in tissue, food, etc.

Scope note

  • A group of chemical elements that are needed in minute quantities for the proper growth, development, and physiology of an organism. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

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