Dating the time of birth: A radiocarbon calibration curve for human eye-lens crystallines

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Dating the time of birth: A radiocarbon calibration curve for human eye-lens crystallines. / Kjeldsen, Henrik; Heinemeier, Jan; Heegaard, Steffen; Jacobsen, Christina; Lynnerup, Niels.

In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Reseach B, Vol. 268, No. 7-8, 2010, p. 1303-1306.

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Kjeldsen, H, Heinemeier, J, Heegaard, S, Jacobsen, C & Lynnerup, N 2010, 'Dating the time of birth: A radiocarbon calibration curve for human eye-lens crystallines', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Reseach B, vol. 268, no. 7-8, pp. 1303-1306. https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2009.10.158

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Kjeldsen, H., Heinemeier, J., Heegaard, S., Jacobsen, C., & Lynnerup, N. (2010). Dating the time of birth: A radiocarbon calibration curve for human eye-lens crystallines. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Reseach B, 268(7-8), 1303-1306. https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2009.10.158

Vancouver

Kjeldsen H, Heinemeier J, Heegaard S, Jacobsen C, Lynnerup N. Dating the time of birth: A radiocarbon calibration curve for human eye-lens crystallines. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Reseach B. 2010;268(7-8):1303-1306. https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2009.10.158

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Kjeldsen, Henrik ; Heinemeier, Jan ; Heegaard, Steffen ; Jacobsen, Christina ; Lynnerup, Niels. / Dating the time of birth: A radiocarbon calibration curve for human eye-lens crystallines. In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Reseach B. 2010 ; Vol. 268, No. 7-8. pp. 1303-1306.

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abstract = "Radiocarbon bomb-pulse dating has been used to measure the formation age of human eye-lens crystallines. Lens crystallines are special proteins in the eye-lens that consist of virtually inert tissue. The experimental data show that the radiocarbon ages to a large extent reflect the time of birth, in accordance with expectations. Moreover, it has been possible to develop an age model for the formation of the eye-lens crystallines. From this model a radiocarbon calibration curve for lens crystallines has been calculated. As a consequence, the time of birth of humans can be determined with an accuracy of a few years by radiocarbon dating.",
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