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Reddit mentions of Miasma: Pollution and Purification in Early Greek Religion (Clarendon Paperbacks)
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Fortunately, miasma is one of those topics for which there is a goodly amount of academic research available if you want to dig into the topic deeper.
A very good book dedicated to the subject is "Miasma: Pollution & Purification in Early Greek Religion" by Robert Parker
Edit: the price is steep for many but if you have a good local library it'll be there; or if you scour eBay, you should be able to find it at a more affordable price.
Actually, even though menstruation taboos were found in other ancient cultures, the Greeks did not include it under miasma, as far as we can tell. Parker discusses this in his seminal book Miasma, and there's also a good, thorough blog post about the topic here. Unfortunately there are a lot of misconceptions about miasma out there, especially on the internet - which is why it is still best to get your information from academic books (although of course even scholars are not exempt from misunderstanding or mistaking things).
Also good to keep in mind that while some things were considered miasma across the board, a lot of the specific rules for purity applied to particular cults and temples (meaning that they could even be different for the same god in different places). And there was a much less stringent standard applied outside of the temples (which were the homes of the gods). Depending on whether you consider and treat your home shrine as a temple space, or worship outdoors, changes how you deal with miasma too.