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Ritual Pollution

Ritual Pollution is a religious concept denoting a condition of ceremonial impurity that temporarily disqualifies an individual from participating in sacred rites due to contact with morally or ritually contaminating agents such as death, bodily effluvia, or transgressive actions.

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2017–2026

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Miasma: Pollution and Purification in Early Greek Religion

John Herington, Robert Dale Parker · The Classical World · 1985 · 1.2K citations

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Impact of ritual pollution on lactation and breastfeeding practices in rural West Bengal, India

Mridula Bandyopadhyay · International Breastfeeding Journal · 2009 · 129 citations · Full text

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Ritual Pollution as an Integrator of Caste and Religion

Edward B. Harper · The Journal of Asian Studies · 1964 · 90 citations · Full text

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Pollution, Purification, and Purgation in Biblical Israel

Tikva Frymer‐Kensky, Carol Meyers, Michael B. O'Connor et al. · 1983 · 76 citations

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Newborn care practices in Pemba Island (Tanzania) and their implications for newborn health and survival

Lucy Thairu, Gretel H. Pelto · Maternal and Child Nutrition · 2008 · 48 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. ZM
    Ze’ev Maghen

    Bar-Ilan University, Israel

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  2. MB
    Mridula Bandyopadhyay

    La Trobe University, Australia

    1 publications · 129 citations

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  3. CM
    Carol Meyers

    Hokkaido University, Japan

    1 publications · 76 citations

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  4. DA
    Daniel A. Grano

    Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, Russia

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  5. PC
    Pratik Chakrabarti

    University of Kent, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 27 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  2. Stanford Medicine

    Stanford, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    48 citations

  3. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  4. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  5. Women's Health Research Institute

    Vancouver, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    37 citations

  6. University of Memphis

    Memphis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  7. Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University

    Balashikha, Russia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  8. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    48 citations

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Venues

  1. Medical Anthropology

    2 publications · 68 citations

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  2. Sixteenth Century Journal

    ESCJ · 1 publications · 28 citations

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  3. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 1 publications · 38 citations

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  4. American Anthropologist

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  5. Oxford Development Studies

    1 publications · 32 citations

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