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Jerome S. Handler, Arthur C. Aufderheide, Robert S. Corruccini, Elizabeth M. Brandon, Lorentz E. Wittmers, Jr., Lead Contact and Poisoning in Barbados Slaves: Historical, Chemical, and Biological Evidence, Social Science History, Vol. 10, No. 4, The Biological Past of the Black (Winter, 1986), pp. 399-425
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