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Ancient Skeletons as Silent Witnesses of Lead Exposures in the Past

Philippe Grandjean Department of Environmental, Medicine Odense, University Odense Denmark and Danish National Board of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Clair C. Patterson Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California
Pages 11-21 | Published online: 26 Sep 2008

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