The Pb isotopic record of historical to modern human lead exposure

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 490, Issue , 2014, Pages 861-870

  Kamenov, George D ^a   Gulson, Brian L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human Pb exposure; Pb as geo referencing tool; Pb isotopes in human teeth

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; FORENSIC INVESTIGATION; GEOREFERENCING; GROWTH AND REMODELING; HUMAN PB EXPOSURE; HUMAN TEETHS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS;

LEAD;

LEAD; POLLUTANT;

DENTAL HEALTH; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOOTH; TRACE ELEMENT;

AFRICA; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BONE; DIAGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORICAL PERIOD; HUMAN; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; TOOTH; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED STATES;

BONE AND BONES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; LEAD; TOOTH;

EID: 84901854274     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.085     Document Type: Article

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