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ERIC Number: EJ274919
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Dec
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Chlorotic Girls, 1870-1920: A Historical Perspective on Female Adolescence.
Brumberg, Joan Jacobs
Child Development, v53 n6 p1468-77 Dec 1982
Guided by a set of assumptions drawn from the fields of anthropology, history, sociology of medicine, and human development, this study provides a historical description and analysis of chlorosis, a disease linked solely to female adolescence in the period from 1870 to 1920. (MP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anemia, Cultural Influences, Disease Incidence, Females, History, Sex Role, Social Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Chlorosis