Traditional anti-malarial medicine in Roraima, Brazil

Economic Botany

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 212-237

  Milliken, William ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Anti malarial; Brazil; Ethnobotany; Fever; Indigenous peoples; Malaria; Phytotherapy; Roraima; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030808505     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02862091     Document Type: Article

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