Exploring the potential contributions of Amerindians to West Indian folk medicine

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-250

  Berry, M Victoria ^a  

^a WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carib ethnobotany; Intellectual property; Montserrat; Neotropical medicinal plants; West Indies

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; MEDICINAL PLANT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 27244451012     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.2005.0020     Document Type: Article

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