The INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH IN HUMANS (ISTERH) was founded in 1984 as a non-profit corporation to:

1.  Encourage and promote increased scientific and clinical research on the causes, alleviation of suffering and the cure of trace element disorders;

2.  Accumulate information about trace elements, and promote its dissemination to scientists and physicians and other concerned parties;

3.  To educate the general public and medical profession about the existence, diagnosis and treatment of trace element disorders.