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Comment on the Supposed Evidence for Goiter in Pre-Columbian Guatemala
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2017
Abstract
Borhegyi and Scrimshaw's identification of goiter on two prehistoric pottery figurines from Guatemala is questioned and their discussion of iodine deficiency as the cause of endemic goiter is challenged.
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