In 1981, she was made an associate member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts.[2] Elected as a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1991, she was given their Lifetime Achievement Award the following year.[4] After her retirement, she continued to research and publish within her specialty, including such works as Metali u covjekovoj okolini i njihov utjecaj na zdravlje (Metals in Human Environment and Their Impact on Health, 1991–1994) and Metali: izlozenost, ucinci i antidoti (Metals: Exposure, Effects and Antidotes, 1996).[3] In 1996, she was honored by President Franjo Tuđman with the Order of Danica Hrvatska in recognition of her scientific work.[5]