Stable C and N isotope analysis of hair suggest undernourishment as a factor in the death of a mummified girl from late 19th century San Francisco, CA

September 2017 in “ PLoS ONE ”

Jelmer W. Eerkens, Bryna Hull, Jena B. Goodman, Angela Evoy, Joshua D. Kapp, Sidra Hussain, Richard E. Green

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