# Swanston 2018: Franklin expedition lead exposure: New insights from high resolution confocal x-ray fluorescence imaging of skeletal microstructure > Treena Swanston, Tamara L. Varney, Madalena Kozachuk et al., 2018. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The strongest published test of the lead… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D59JP2W0Z70/franklin-expedition-lead-exposure-new-insights-from-high Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Franklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition)Swanston 2018 **0** # Franklin expedition lead exposure: New insights from high resolution confocal x-ray fluorescence imaging of skeletal microstructure Treena Swanston, Tamara L. Varney, Madalena Kozachuk et al., 2018. _PLOS ONE 13(8): e0202983_. Synchrotron confocal XRF maps of lead in bone and tooth microstructure from Beechey Island and King William Island crew, against a Royal Navy comparison sample from Antigua. Lead was similar at both sites, present but not markedly raised in tissue formed near death, and not unusually high for the period; concludes lead did not play a pivotal role. **Franklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)** Articledoi: **[10.1371/journal.pone.0202983](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202983)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The strongest published test of the lead hypothesis. ## The document 20 pages [Pages][Text]Page 1 of 20 [![Page 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b097727cf24fb783e16a00bcfea05087da7656d4e7c6c38d046296b6cfde5626/p1)1][![Page 2](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b097727cf24fb783e16a00bcfea05087da7656d4e7c6c38d046296b6cfde5626/p2)2][![Page 3](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b097727cf24fb783e16a00bcfea05087da7656d4e7c6c38d046296b6cfde5626/p3)3][![Page 4](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b097727cf24fb783e16a00bcfea05087da7656d4e7c6c38d046296b6cfde5626/p4)4][![Page 5](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b097727cf24fb783e16a00bcfea05087da7656d4e7c6c38d046296b6cfde5626/p5)5][![Page 6](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b097727cf24fb783e16a00bcfea05087da7656d4e7c6c38d046296b6cfde5626/p6)6][![Page 7](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b097727cf24fb783e16a00bcfea05087da7656d4e7c6c38d046296b6cfde5626/p7)7][![Page 8](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b097727cf24fb783e16a00bcfea05087da7656d4e7c6c38d046296b6cfde5626/p8)8][![Page 9](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b097727cf24fb783e16a00bcfea05087da7656d4e7c6c38d046296b6cfde5626/p9)9][![Page 10](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b097727cf24fb783e16a00bcfea05087da7656d4e7c6c38d046296b6cfde5626/p10)10][![Page 11](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b097727cf24fb783e16a00bcfea05087da7656d4e7c6c38d046296b6cfde5626/p11)11][![Page 12](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b097727cf24fb783e16a00bcfea05087da7656d4e7c6c38d046296b6cfde5626/p12)12] ![Page 1 of Franklin expedition lead exposure: New insights from high resolution confocal x-ray fluorescence imaging of skeletal microstructure](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b097727cf24fb783e16a00bcfea05087da7656d4e7c6c38d046296b6cfde5626/p1) The first 12 pages are shown; the rest are in the file. 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Check it against the page. ## Cited by on this site 6 records [Confocal XRF lead maps of crew bone and teeth (Swanston et al. 2018)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D59K9C23YQG/confocal-xrf-lead-maps-of-crew-bone-and-teeth-swanston-et-al) Dataset DAT [Lead was similar at Beechey and King William Island, not markedly raised near death, and not high relative to…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/evidence/EVD0D59K0TM1S4M/lead-was-similar-at-beechey-and-king-william-island-not) Evidence EVD [Erebus and Terror leave England under Sir John Franklin](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/events/EVT0D59JVPJ3D60/erebus-and-terror-leave-england-under-sir-john-franklin) EVT [The expedition winters at Beechey Island; three men die and are buried](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/events/EVT0D59JVYC2X46/the-expedition-winters-at-beechey-island-three-men-die-and) EVT [The ships are beset in Victoria Strait](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/events/EVT0D59JW666MNC/the-ships-are-beset-in-victoria-strait) EVT [The Franklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition) The mystery article MYS ## Cite it ``` Swanston, T., Varney, T. L., Kozachuk, M., Choudhury, S., Bewer, B., Coulthard, I., Keenleyside, A., & Nelson, A. (2018). Franklin expedition lead exposure: New insights from high resolution confocal x-ray fluorescence imaging of skeletal microstructure. PLOS ONE 13(8): e0202983. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202983 ``` [Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202983)[Download PDF · 25 MB](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/b097727cf24fb783e16a00bcfea05087da7656d4e7c6c38d046296b6cfde5626) Anyone can read it here; members can download it. Key **SRC** 0D59JP2W0Z70 Kind Journal article Rights CC-BY-4.0 Kept 27 Oct 2026 Checked Against the published article Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D59JP2W0Z70/franklin-expedition-lead-exposure-new-insights-from-high/csl.json)