Human tooth enamel as a record of the comparative lead exposure of prehistoric and modern people

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 263, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 1-10

  Budd, P ^a   Montgomery, J ^b   Evans, J ^c   Barreiro, B ^c  

^a Gibraltar House   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeological; Human dental enamel; Human exposure; Isotope dilution thermal ionisation mass spectrometry; Lead; PIMMS; Teeth

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; ENAMEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGESTION; LEAD POISONING; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DENTAL ENAMEL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOSSILS; HUMANS; LEAD; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0034684777     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00604-5     Document Type: Article

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