'We call it the shaking illness': perceptions and experiences of Parkinson's disease in rural northern Tanzania.

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Published in BMC Public Health on April 08, 2011

Authors

Gerry Mshana1, Catherine L Dotchin, Richard W Walker

Author Affiliations

1: National Institute for Medical Research, P.O. Box 1462, Mwanza, Tanzania. gmshana@nimr.or.tz

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