Table 4 Element concentrations estimates (µg g⁻¹) for modern individuals: central tendency (CT)

From: Mapping diagenesis in archaeological human bones

Country	Sex	N	Bone	Sample	Pb	Pb	Cu	Cu	Sr	Sr	Ba	Ba	Fe	Fe	Mn	Mn	Refs.
Country	Sex	N	Bone	Sample	CT	Range	CT	Range	CT	Range	CT	Range	CT	Range	CT	Range	Refs.
Denmark	F	1	Femur	Cort	2.87^c		< 2.56^c		128^c		5.04^c		9.62^c		4.92^c		0
NR	NR	NR	Skeleton	Both	11^a		0.72^a		32^a		2^a		81^a		0.52^a		[77]
Czech Rep	F	16	Parietal	OT&D	4.705^b	0.43–16.4	0.655^b	0.23–2.170	69.3^b	23.4–116	4.805^b	2.18–12.1			0.215^b	0.02–0.58	[78]
Czech Rep	M	54	Parietal	OT&D	4.255^b	0.55–17.5	1.41^b	0.15–5.80	61.1^b	29.0–117	3.955^b	1.70–12.3			0.110^b	0.01–0.54	[78]
Poland, SW	F	66	Femur	Cort									96^a, 58^b	12–396	0.22^a, 3.89^b	0.13–21.55	[79]
Poland, SW	F	66	Femur	Canc									163^a, 77^b	18–1813	0.84^a, 0.82^b	0.03–2.44	[79]
Poland, SW	M	25	Femur	Cort									148^a, 138^b	12–528	0.13^a, 0.07^b	0.03–0.40	[79]
Poland, SW	M	25	Femur	Canc									165^a, 142^b	25–547	0.72^a, 0.65^b	0.03–2.30	[79]
Poland, SW	F	9	Femur	Canc	1.62^a		0.58^a						41.88^a				[80]
Poland, SW	M	4	Femur	Canc	2.48^a		0.80^a						67.04^a				[80]
Poland, Lodz	F	10	Femur	Canc	1.19^a		0.57^a						64.78^a				[80]
Poland, Lodz	M	2	Femur	Canc	2.15^a		0.86^a						164.04^a				[80]
Poland, Cracow	F	10	Femur	Canc	2.43^a		0.59^a						53.87^a				[80]
Poland, Cracow	M	3	Femur	Canc	4.80a		0.55^a						27.94^a				[80]
Poland, SW	F	26	Femur	Cort	2.55^a, 2.18^b	0.86–7.45											[81]
Poland, SW	F	32	Femur	Canc	2.02^a, 1.80^b	0.71–4.78											[81]
Poland, SW	M	10	Femur	Cort	4.35^a, 2.54^b	0.95–11.89											[81]
Poland, SW	M	11	Femur	Canc	4.12^a, 3.04^b	1.30–12.76											[81]
Poland, SW	M&F	35	Sternum	Both	57.55^a	2.90–204.53	0.59^a	0.18–5.17									[82]
Poland, W Pom	M&F	37	Femur	Canc					42.7^a, 28.8^b	0.26–102.0			43.9^a, 49.8^b	0.64–133.8	0.17^a, 0.21^b	0.02–0.8	[83]
Poland, W Pom	M&F	37	Femur	Canc	0.5^a, 0.5^b	0.287–0.789	0.67^a, 0.58^b	0.18–1.89									[84]
Russia	F	38	Rib	Both	2.10^a, 1.87^b	0.67–5.70	1.00^a, 0.84^b	0.48–3.65	334^a, 294^b	36–1163	2.86^a, 2.34^b	1.13–7.70			≤ 0.43^a	< 0.1–2.743	[85]
Russia	M	42	Rib	Both	2.36^a, 2.08^b	1.00–6.70	1.10^a, 1.05^b	0.40–2.91	252^a, 245^b	58–701	2.24^a, 2.02^b	0.57–5.22			0.273^a, 0.20^b	0.05–1.60	[85]
Russia	M&F	84	Ilium	Both					309^a, 307^b	43–730	< 100^a		177^a, 153^b	13.5–477	0.316^a, 0.296^b	0.135–0.894	[86]
Spain	F	21	Rib	NR	2.16^a		1.36^a								0.15^a		[87]
Spain	M	57	Rib	NR	2.56^a		1.59^a								0.18^a		[87]
Spain, 1998	NR	NR	Rib	NR	3.99^a										0.06^a		[88]
Spain, 2003	M&F	22	Rib	NR	2.11^a										<0.03^a		[88]
Sweden, Smelter	M	32	Sternum	NR	74^a												[89]
Sweden, Smelter	M	32	Femur	NR	56^a												[89]
Sweden, Smelter	M	32	Hand Pha	NR	106^a												[89]
Sweden, Smelter	M	32	Lumbar V	NR	85^a												[89]
Sweden, Smelter	M	32	Ilium	NR	83^a												[89]
Sweden, Smelter	M	32	Rib	NR	70^a												[89]
Sweden, Smelter	M	32	Temporal	NR	59^a												[89]
Sweden	M	10	Sternum	NR	6^a												[89]
Sweden	M	10	Femur	NR	13^a												[89]
Sweden	M	10	Hand Pha	NR	14^a												[89]
Sweden	M	10	Lumbar V	NR	10^a												[89]
Sweden	M	10	Ilium	NR	7^a												[89]
Sweden	M	10	Rib	NR	8^a												[89]
Sweden	M	10	Temporal	NR	15a												[89]
Canary Islands	M	25	NR	NR	18.57^a	2.2–60.0											[90]
China	F	1	Femur	Cort	4.06^c		1.57^c		83.1^c				72.4^c		1.65^c		[91]
China	F	1	Femur	Canc	2.41^c		0.87^c		177^c				77.2^c		0.56^c		[91]
China	M	1	Femur	Cort	3.07^c		3.1^c		259^c				77.2^c		1.13^c		[91]
China	M	1	Femur	Canc	2.87^c		1.38^c		229^c				29.6^c		1.17^c		[91]
Japan	M&F	45	Rib	Both	6.85^a, 5.55^b		0.19^a, < 0.3^b		80.5^a, 78.5^b				71^a, 50.0^b		< 0.03^a, < 0.3^b		[92]
Taiwan	M&F	70	Skeleton	Cort	7.1^a		3.6^a						20.3^a		0.7^a		[93]

Czech Rep, Czech Republic; W Pom, West Pomerania; Sweden, Smelter, Sweden, Smelter Workers; NR, not reported; M, male; F, female; M&F, male and female; Cort, cortical bone; Canc, cancellous bone; Both, both cortical and cancellous bone; OT&D, outer table and diploë; Skeleton, skeleton, bones not reported; Hand Pha, hand phalanx; Lumbar V, lumbar vertebra
^aMean
^bMedian
^cSingle values; and ranges

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