Multielemental analysis of tissues from Cangrande della Scala, Prince of Verona, in the 14th century

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 322-327

  Apostoli, Pietro ^a   De Palma, Giuseppe ^a   Catalani, Simona ^a   Bortolotti, Federica ^b   Tagliaro, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; ELEMENT; GOLD; LEAD; METAL; SILVER;

AIR POLLUTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BACK; BONE TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FOOD; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INGESTION; ITALY; LIVER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PALEOPATHOLOGY;

DELLA; EPITONIUM;

EID: 68949090235     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 01464760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/33.6.322     Document Type: Article

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