(1) Medical Research, V. A. Hospital, 68105 Omaha, NE, (USA);(2) Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, 68588 Lincoln, NE, (USA);(3) Department of Medicine, Creighton University, School of Medicine, 68102 Omaha, NE, (USA)
Abstract:
A destructive neutron activation analysis procedure was developed for determining trace aluminum content in bone. It was found that soil contamination can influence the aluninum bone levels in prehistoric bone specimens. These maximum aluninum content values for prehistoric bone are larger than those of modern bone and comparable to aluminum levels present in bone from renal patients.