'Childhood lead exposure in the British Isles during the industrial revolution.', in Modern environments and human health : revisiting the second epidemiological transition. , pp. 279-300.Further information on publisher's website:http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118504208.html Publisher's copyright statement:Additional information:To be published in 'Modern environments and human health : revisiting the second epidemiological transition' edited by Molly K. Zuckerman and published by Wiley-Blackwell, April 2014 Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes provided that: a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source a link is made to the metadata record in DRO the full-text is not changed in any wayThe full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. association between lead exposure and cribra orbitalia (as a possible indicator of anaemia caused by plumbism), but do show population differences which we attribute to lower exposure of poor and rural people compared to rich and urban people. No differences in lead exposure by sex were found. Lead isotope ratios indicate that coal smoke was not a major contributor to lead exposure, but that ingested lead from artefacts is the most likely source. We show that the lead to which people were exposed in the post-medieval period has a similar average isotope ratio to that in the Roman period, but differs from early and later medieval periods.