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Evidence for Pre-Columbian Goiter in Guatemala*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Stephan F. Borhegyi  and
Nevin S. Scrimshaw
Stephan F. Borhegyi
Affiliation:
University of Oklahoma Norman, Okla.
Nevin S. Scrimshaw
Affiliation:
Instituto de Nutrición de Centro America y Panamá Guatemala, Guatemala
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Detailed medical surveys recently concluded have shown Guatemala, and particularly the Guatemalan highlands, to have one of the highest incidence rates for endemic goiter in the world (Muñoz, Pérez, and Scrimshaw 1955a: 36–43; 1955b: 963–9). At the present time only the tropical and sparsely populated northern Department of Peten is without goiter as a serious public health problem. The incidence in the other departments varies from 21% to 68%.

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American Antiquity , Volume 23 , Issue 2Part1 , October 1957 , pp. 174 - 176
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1957

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Scientific Publication 1–67, Instituto de Nutrición de Centro America y Panamá.

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