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Chronic mercury exposure in Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic populations in Portugal from the cultural use of cinnabar

Emslie, Steven D.
Brasso, Rebecka L.
Patterson, William P.
Carlos Valera, António
McKenzie, Ashley
Maria Silva, Ana
Gleason, James D.
Blum, Joel D

Publication date

January 2015

DOI

10.1038/srep14679.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Journal

Scientific Reports

Language

English

Abstract

Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/155748/1/Emslie_et_al_2015_Chronic_mercury.pd

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