Bone cadmium and lead in the ancient population from El Hierro, Canary Islands

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 37-51

  Gonzalez Reimers E ^a   Arnay De La Rosa, M ^b   Velasco Vazquez J ^c   Galindo Martin L ^b   Santolaria Fernandez F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ancient (pre Hispanic) population; Bone cadmium; Bone lead; Canary Islands; Toxic heavy metals

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD;

ARTICLE; BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MOROCCO; POPULATION; POSTHUMOUS CARE; SPAIN; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 22444446049     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/bter:105:1-3:037     Document Type: Article

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