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

Cinnabar is a natural mercury sulfide (HgS) mineral of volcanic or hydrothermal origin that is found worldwide. It has been mined prehistorically and historically in China, Japan, Europe, and the Americas to extract metallic mercury (Hg(0)) for use in metallurgy, as a medicinal, a preservative, and...

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Autores principales: Emslie, Steven D., Brasso, Rebecka, Patterson, William P., Carlos Valera, António, McKenzie, Ashley, Maria Silva, Ana, Gleason, James D., Blum, Joel D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4589774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26424480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep14679