Metallurgy, environmental pollution and the decline of Etruscan civilisation

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 165-180

  Harrison, Adrian P ^a   Cattani, Ilenia ^b   Turfa, Jean M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient metallurgy; Arsenic; Environmental pollution; Etruscans; Hair; Industrial legacy

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; HEAVY METAL;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CIVILIZATION; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; METALLURGY; MINERAL RESOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CIVILIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; GEOGRAPHY; HAIR; HISTORY; HUMAN; ITALY; METABOLISM; METALLURGY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; CIVILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HAIR; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; ITALY; METALLURGY; METALS, HEAVY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 73949096822     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0141-5     Document Type: Article

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