Beautifully Toxic
The Effects of a Burmese Cosmetic Practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11029652 |
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| Authors | Esther Munene (Esther Munene is with the Public Health Informatics Office, Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 66-66 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2012.300887 |
| PMID | 23153128 |
| PMCID | PMC3518366 |
| OpenAlex | W1997585021 |
| Language | EN |
The article reports on the Burmese cultural practice of wearing a traditional decorative makeup called which is derived from this tree's bark and also on the elevated blood lead levels found in Burmese refugee children in Indiana. The article notes the children's blood lead levels were 10 times higher than that of other children. It also notes New York's health department found lead in a brand of thanakha sold there. The Burmese digestive remedy aw tway is mentioned
Bark (sound · Burmese · Environmental health · Geography · Traditional medicine · Forestry · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Medicine · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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