Naslov
Application of analytical chemistry in anthropology

Autori
Čoklo, Miran

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Abstract book of EAA 2016 "European Anthropology in a Changing World: From Culture to Global Biology" / Saša Missoni - Zagreb : Institut za antropologiju, 2016, 33-33

Skup
20th Congress of the European Anthropological Association - "European Anthropology in a Changing World: From Culture to Global Biology"

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 24.08.2016. - 28.08.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
analytical chemistry, anthropology, interdisciplinary approach

Sažetak
Possibilities of application of analytical chemistry in anthropological research will be discussed. Analytical chemistry is a study of the chemical composition of natural and artificial materials. As such, it takes advantage of the vast array of instrumental methods of chemical analysis (organic, inorganic, as well as isotope analysis) to provide additional information to enrich anthropological knowledge on a variety of subjects – for example, nutritional and other habits, environmental exposure to various chemical compounds or elements, analysis of disease and skeletal trauma on archeological skeletal remains, population studies, proteomic and metabolomics analyses etc. One recent and simple example of such a possibility is an international multicentric study on fish intake in pregnancy and child growth, which proved that high maternal fish intake during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of rapid growth in infancy and childhood obesity. Knowing that fish is considered an integral part of a healthy Mediterranean diet, such results would be considered surprising from “classical” anthropological point of view. However, engaging analytical chemistry, contamination by environmental pollutants in fish was offered as an explanation for the observed association, because in humans, fish consumption is one of the major sources of exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, such is mercury.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Etnologija i antropologija

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