Gender and hierarchical differences in lead-contaminated Japanese bone from the Edo period

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-60

  Nakashima, Tamiji ^a,c   Hayashi, Haruki ^a   Tashiro, Hiraku ^a   Matsushita, Takayuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Anthropological Museum   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Edo period; Gender and hierarchical differences; Human bone; Lead cosmetics; Plumbism

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; LEAD;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; BONE LEVEL; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHERMAN; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0031910822     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.40.55     Document Type: Article

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