Human lead exposure in England from approximately 5500 BP to the 16th century AD

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 318, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 45-58

  Budd, P ^a   Montgomery, J ^b   Evans, J ^c   Trickett, M ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Exposure; Human; Lead

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; POLLUTION; TISSUE; TOOTH ENAMEL;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL TIME;

LEAD;

LEAD;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGENESIS; ENAMEL; EUROPE; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEAD POISONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0344062620     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00357-7     Document Type: Article

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