Man and the Elements of Groups 3 and 13

摘要

Compounds and complexes of the Group 3 and Group 13 elements can interact in many ways, favourable and unfavourable, with human metabolism. A selection of examples has appeared in this short review, the interested reader will find a much greater depth of treatment and a greater variety and range of examples in the general review articles cited, and in several of the multi-volume treatises published in recent years.