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Verificações sôbre a incidência de siclemia em índios brasileiros: I- Índios Pariukur, Galiby, Caripuna, Canella e Carnijó

Research of sicklemia in 671 putatively full-blooded Brazilian Indians was negative. These Indians belong to seven different tribes. Among 166 individuals of Carnijó or fulniô tribe 3 were sicklemic (sicklemia index 1,8%). This tribe is very micigenated. In the table above these results are summarized: These observations show that sicklemia test is an useful tool in anthropological investigations.


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