Human teeth as historical biomonitors of environmental and dietary lead: Some lessons from isotopic studies of 19th and 20th century archival material

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 421-430

  Farmer, J G ^a   MacKenzie, A B ^b   Moody, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomonitor; Human; Lead; Lead isotopes; Teeth

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; LEAD;

BIOMONITORING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; LEAD ISOTOPE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOOTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TOOTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MIDDLE AGED; MUSEUMS; SCOTLAND; TOOTH; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 33749188591     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-006-9041-5     Document Type: Article

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