Childhood diet: A closer examination of the evidence from dental tissues using stable isotope analysis of incremental human dentine*

Archaeometry

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 277-295

  Beaumont, J ^a   Gledhill, A ^a   Lee Thorp, J ^b   Montgomery, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CARBON; DENTINE; FAMINE; HIGH RESOLUTION; JUVENILE; LONDON; NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPES

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHILD HEALTH; DENTITION; DIET; FAMINE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; JUVENILE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84873748093     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2012.00682.x     Document Type: Article

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