Treatment of malaria in ethiopian folk medicine

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 206-209

  Gedif, Teferi ^a   Heinz Jürgen, Hahn ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036798698     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550203200408     Document Type: Article

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