@article{ref1,
title="Lead poisoning as possible cause of deaths at the Swedish House at Kapp Thordsen, Spitsbergen, winter 1872-3",
journal="British medical journal: BMJ",
year="2009",
author="Aasebø, Ulf and Kjaer, Kjell G.",
volume="339",
number="",
pages="b5038-b5038",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To investigate cause of death in 17 sealers who died in the Swedish house in Kapp Thordsen, Spitsbergen, during the winter of 1872-3. DESIGN: Analysis of skeletal samples from one sealer's grave. SETTING: Field trip to Spitsbergen to exhume skeletal remains. SUBJECTS: One of 17 sailors who died in 1872-3. RESULTS: No objective signs of scurvy were found. The concentration of lead in the bone samples was 102.05 microg/g. CONCLUSIONS: The high concentrations of lead indicate that this man died from lead poisoning, probably from food tins. The absence of macroscopic signs of scurvy supports this theory.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0959-8138",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}