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Shell-Duncan, B., Obiero, W.O., Muruli, L.A. (2005). Development, Modernization, and Medicalization. In: Fratkin, E., Roth, E.A. (eds) As Pastoralists Settle. Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48595-8_12
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