The scope of hunter-gatherer ethnomedicine

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 679-690

  Voeks, Robert A ^a   Sercombe, Peter ^b  

^a C ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Brunei; Ethnomedicine; Hunter gatherers; Penan; Tropical rainforests

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HUNTER-GATHERER; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; COSMOS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INDONESIA; LIFESTYLE; MEDICINE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOLOGY;

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM;

EID: 0034286970     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00012-5     Document Type: Article

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