Use of medicinal plants and pharmaceuticals by indigenous communities in the Bolivian Andes and Amazon

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 243-250

  Vandebroek, Ina ^a   Calewaert, Jan Bart ^a   De Jonckheere, Stijn ^a   Sanca, Sabino ^b   Semo, Lucio ^c   Van Damme, Patrick ^a   Van Puyvelde, Luc ^d   De Kimpe, Norbert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Asoc Med Tradicionales (AMETRAC)   (Bolivia)

^c Indig Repr Cons Indig Sur I S   (Bolivia)

^d TIBOTEC BVBA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups: Bolivia; Ethnobotany; Geography; Health knowledge, attitudes, practice; Health services accessibility; Pharmaceutical preparations therapeutic use; Plants, Medicinal; Primary health care; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BOLIVIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG THERAPY; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

AMAZONIA; ANDES; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 2342573455     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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