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. 2019 Sep 9;14(9):e0219279. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219279

Table 3. Trace element data (ppm) for YNH4 tooth enamel and bone samples.

Tooth enamel Rib bone samples
Individual A B B3 M1 B3 M2 A B B2 B3
Sample # BCL1 BCL2 BCL3 BCL4 BCL8 BCL9 BCL10 BCL11 BCL12 BCL13 BCL14 BCL15 BCL16 BCL17 BCL18 BCL19
Mg 3101 2835 3386 3440 1084 1010 1071 995 1128 1158 1170 983 1079 1244 1028 960
Sc 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.22 0.25 0.21 0.22 0.56 1.32 0.93 0.31 0.42 0.54 0.71 0.33
V 0.08 0.62 * * 8.33 11.79 23.06 4.08 27.90 6.70 5.10 4.23 3.77 9.96 4.64 4.26
Cr * 0.01 0.01 * 2.83 3.41 4.99 1.44 7.59 2.75 2.57 2.35 1.45 0.82 1.53 1.10
Co 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.36 0.32 0.31 0.26 1.06 1.75 1.40 0.84 0.98 0.72 0.70 0.78
Ni 0.30 0.36 0.39 1.50 2.48 2.58 2.06 3.18 3.30 8.51 6.22 4.26 6.64 5.12 3.96 5.13
Cu 0.61 0.73 0.57 0.70 127 158 21 17 37 25 71 23 55 39 85 96
Zn 87 172 107 88 526 535 207 291 191 854 1696 457 1072 331 1193 559
Sr 31 67 65 71 268 279 282 312 358 398 459 521 453 426 476 435
Y 0.03 0.28 0.01 0.01 3.10 2.54 3.06 3.81 8.15 34.49 28.02 4.27 7.15 16.25 32.06 8.54
Cd 0.008 0.231 0.012 0.005 2.82 3.08 2.02 3.22 2.43 11.34 42.53 8.77 35.29 1.57 41.50 19.54
Ba 10 11 0.31 -0.02 104 113 123 160 175 233 267 211 207 51 178 148
La 0.0403 0.1441 0.0381 0.0345 1.691 1.137 1.034 0.823 2.615 6.414 11.192 0.969 2.489 8.210 9.086 1.865
Ce 0.0294 0.0542 0.0293 0.0246 1.467 1.370 1.008 0.571 2.902 3.300 5.345 0.712 1.521 6.046 3.034 0.832
Pr 0.0110 0.0307 0.0086 0.0078 0.409 0.291 0.271 0.214 0.803 1.539 2.939 0.243 0.624 2.587 2.234 0.522
Nd 0.0400 0.1548 0.0275 0.0236 1.857 1.301 1.265 0.995 3.830 7.085 13.981 1.081 2.834 11.773 10.920 2.643
Sm 0.0079 0.0242 0.0029 0.0035 0.394 0.283 0.293 0.237 0.980 1.653 3.077 0.253 0.656 2.755 2.554 0.632
Eu * * * * 0.076 0.064 0.066 0.063 0.237 0.429 0.759 0.081 0.166 0.614 0.625 0.156
Gd * * * * 0.456 0.319 0.332 0.307 1.088 2.143 3.597 0.324 0.806 2.958 3.267 0.826
Tb * * * * 0.062 0.052 0.058 0.055 0.181 0.437 0.562 0.060 0.132 0.433 0.592 0.147
Dy * * * * 0.419 0.377 0.444 0.553 1.383 4.514 4.120 0.598 1.059 2.674 4.830 1.269
Er * * * * 0.410 0.500 0.557 0.685 1.258 5.935 3.698 0.959 1.268 1.751 4.489 1.276
Tm * * * * 0.063 0.077 0.087 0.105 0.183 0.962 0.534 0.159 0.211 0.245 0.643 0.183
Yb * * * * 0.426 0.470 0.517 0.621 0.995 5.590 2.997 1.013 1.213 1.426 3.255 0.984
Pb 2 1 5 1 93 88 67 14 108 68 60 19 39 171 224 186
Th * * * * 0.06 0.07 0.04 0.03 0.11 0.09 0.18 0.04 0.05 0.11 0.07 0.04
U 0.007 0.088 * * 1.20 2.53 2.95 0.70 9.44 2.67 1.10 0.27 0.47 0.14 1.33 0.27

* = below detectable levels. See text for details.