Specimen Banking

1. Introduction.- 1.1 Preface.- 1.2 Editorial Foreword.- 1.3 Markus Stoeppler - Impressions of his Life with Science.- 2. Specimen Banking.- 2.1 Specimen of Human Origin for Biomonitoring.- 3. Specimen Banking in Industrialized Countries.- 3.1 Progress of Six Years Experience with Environmental Specimen Banking in the Federal Republic of Germany.- 3.2 Specimen Banking at the National Institut of Standards and Technology.- 3.3 Specimen Bank Activities at NIES.- 4. Practical Specimen Banking.- 4.1 Selection and Preparation of Relevant Reference Materials for Agricultural Purposes.- 4.2 The Common Mussel (Mytilus edulis) as Marine Bioindicator for the Environmental Specimen Bank of the Federal Republic of Germany.- 4.3 The Role of Reference Lead and Cadmium Reference Samples in an Epidemiological Case Study of Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil.- 5. Organic Analytical Approaches.- 5.1 Air Filter Samples - Necessary for Environmental Specimen Banking?.- 5.2 A Simple Cleanup Procedure for the Quantitative Determination of PAHs and Nitro-PAHs in Particulate Matter.- 5.3 Analysis of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons (CHC) in Environmental Samples.- 6. Inorganic Analytical Approaches.- 6.1 Nuclear Analytical Methods in Environmental Specimen Banking.- 6.2 Advanced Electrochemical Techniques for the Determination of Heavy Metals in Specimen Bank Materials.- 6.3 Determination of Trace Elements in Human Organs Using ICP-AES.- 6.4 Future Prospects of Graphite-Furnace AAS.- 6.5 Occurrence and Behavior of Mercury and Methylmercury in the Aquatic and Terrestrial Environment.- 7. Future Developments.- 7.1 Standard Reference Materials for the Identification and Determination of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds of Trace Elements.- 7.2 Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis with Cold Neutrons for theCharacterization of Specimen Bank Materials.