Fingernail absolves lead poisoning in death of Arctic explorer

Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 14:01 in Health & Medicine

Analysis of nail points to zinc deficiency as culprit in 170-year-old mystery.Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2016.21128

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