‘Muti’ poisoning in Zimbabwe

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-42

  Tagwireyi, D ^a   Ball, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; SELF MEDICATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT PREPARATIONS; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0036145037     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550203200121     Document Type: Article

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