TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Lead poisoning as possible cause of deaths at the Swedish House at Kapp Thordsen, Spitsbergen, winter 1872-3
JO  - British medical journal: BMJ
A1  - Aasebø, Ulf
A1  - Kjaer, Kjell G.
SP  - b5038
EP  - b5038
VL  - 339
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0959-8138
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -