Lifestyle-determined gender and hierarchical differences in the lead contamination of bones from a feudal town of the Edo period

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 134-139

  Nakashima, Tamiji ^a   Matsuno, Kohji ^b   Matsushita, Takayuki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Anthropological Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aristocratic characteristics; Edo period; Gender and hierarchical differences; Lead contamination of human bones; Lifestyle

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; RIB; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

FEMALE; FOSSILS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEAD; MALE; RIBS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34247340108     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.49.134     Document Type: Article

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