Fe and Cu stable isotopes in archeological human bones and their relationship to sex

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 334-340

  Jaouen, Klervia ^a   Balter, Vincent ^a   Herrscher, Estelle ^b   Lamboux, Aline ^a   Telouk, Philippe ^a   Albarède, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

copper; iron; metal stable isotopes; sex determination; zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER OXIDE; HYDROGEN; IRON; MANGANESE; STABLE ISOTOPE; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

AGE; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; DIET; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORPHOMETRICS; PELVIC GIRDLE; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PURIFICATION; SEX DETERMINATION; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COPPER; FEMALE; HAND BONES; HUMANS; IRON ISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ZINC ISOTOPES;

EID: 84862508600     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22053     Document Type: Article

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