Only women know trees: Medicine women and the role of herbal healing in Tuareg culture

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-171

  Rasmussen, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 0000316517     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/jar.54.2.3631728     Document Type: Article

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