Medical syncretism with reference to malaria in a Tanzanian community
- 1 August 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Social Science & Medicine
- Vol. 55 (3), 403-413
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0277-9536(01)00179-4
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