Man, nutrition and mobility: A comparison of teeth and bone from the Medieval era and the present from Pb and Sr isotopes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 224, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 109-119

  Åberg, Göran ^a   Fosse, Gisle ^b   Stray, Helge ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bone; Lead isotopes; Medieval era; Norway; Strontium isotopes; Teeth

Indexed keywords

LEAD; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MEDIEVAL; MOBILITY; NUTRITION; POLLUTION INCIDENCE;

ARTICLE; BONE; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NORWAY; NUTRITION; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BONE AND BONES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LIFE STYLE; MILK; NORWAY; RURAL POPULATION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH; URBAN POPULATION;

NORWAY;

EID: 0032509242     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00347-7     Document Type: Article

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