The duboisia genus, australian aborigines and suggestibility

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-161

  Dobkin de Rios, Marlene ^a   Stachalek, Ronni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australian aborigines; Duboisia genus; Hallucinogens; Pituri; Suggestibility

Indexed keywords

DUBOISIA EXTRACT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSCIOUSNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; IDENTITY; SUGGESTION;

AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 0345465659     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.1999.10471738     Document Type: Article

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