Health of Indigenous people in Africa

@article{Ohenjo2006HealthOI,
  title={Health of Indigenous people in Africa},
  author={Nyang'ori Ohenjo and Ruth Willis and Dorothy. Jackson and Clive Nettleton and Kenneth Good and Benon Mugarura},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={2006},
  volume={367},
  pages={1937-1946}
}
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