The world's longest surviving paediatric practices: Some themes of Aboriginal medical ethnobotany in Australia

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 41, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 284-290

  Pearn, John ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian aboriginal language groups; Indigenous medicine; Medical ethnobotany; Paediatrics; Traditional materia medica

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ASTRINGENT AGENT; EXPECTORANT AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ABORIGINE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOBOTANY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PEDIATRICS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF MEDICATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AUSTRALIA; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PEDIATRICS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 22244441103     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00612.x     Document Type: Review

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