Comparison of bone lead in Pre-Hispanic, 18th century and modern population of Tenerife

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 209, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 107-111

  Arnay De La Rosa, M ^a   Gonzalez Reimers, E ^b   Velasco Vazquez, J ^a   Galindo Martin, L ^a   Delgado Ureta, E ^a   Santolaria Fernandez, F ^b   Barros Lopez, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bone lead; Pre Hispanic; Tenerife

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0032545757     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00301-X     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Aufderheide AC, Neiman FD, Wittmers LE, Rapp G. Lead in bone II: skeletal lead content as an indicator of lifetime lead ingestion and the social correlates in an Archaeological Population. Am J Phys Anthropol 1981;55:285-291.
2. Becker RO, Spadaro JA, Berg EW. The trace elements in human bone. J Bone Jt Surg 1968;50A:326-334.
3. Cartón JA. Saturnismo. Med Clin (Barcelona) 1988;91: 538-540.
4. Cola Benítez L. Santa Cruz, Bandera amarilla (epidemias y calamidades, 1494-1910). Ayto de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, editor. Tingraf, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1996.
5. Ericson JE, Shirahata H, Patterson CC. Skeletal lead concentrations of ancient Peruvians. N Eng J Med 1979;300: 946-951.
6. Ferembach D, Schwidetzky I, Stloukal M. Recommendations pour determiner l'age et le sexe sur le squelette. Bull Mem Soc Anthrop Paris 1979;6:7-45.
7. Grandjean P, Van Nielson O, Shapiro IM. Lead retention in ancient Nubian and contemporary population. J Environ Path and Toxic 1979;2:781-787.
8. Iscan MY, Miller-Shaivitz P. Discriminant function sexing of the tibia. J Forensic Sci 1984;29:1087-1093.
9. Navarro-Mederos. El Pablamiento. In: Báez M, Bravo T, Navarro-Mederos JF, editors. Canarias: Origen y poblamiento. Círculo de Estudios Sociales de Canaries. Madrid, 1983.
10. Patterson CC, Shirahatta H, Ericson JE. Lead in ancient human bones and its relevance to historical development of social problems with lead. Sci Total Environ 1987;61: 167-200.
11. Rabinowitz M, Wetherhill G, Kopple J. Kinetic analysis of lead metabolism in healthy humans. J Clin Invest 1976;58: 260-270.
12. Smith JL. Metabolism and toxicity of lead. In: Prasad A, Oberleas D, editors. Trace Elements in Human Health and Disease. New York: Academic Press, 1976;II:443-452.