From cnidarians to mammals: The use of animals as remedies in fishing communities in NE Brazil

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 259-276

  Alves, Rômulo R N ^a,b   Rosa, Ierecê L ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ethnozoology; Traditional medicine; Zootherapy

Indexed keywords

BATROXOBIN; BEE VENOM; FAT; SNAKE VENOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BURN; CANCER PAIN; CHELONIA MYDAS; COELENTERATE; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAUNA; FEMALE; FISHING; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIPPOCAMPUS REIDE; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; THROMBOSIS; TURTLE; ULCER; WOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMAL POPULATION GROUPS; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FISHERIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; CNIDARIA; HIPPOCAMPUS REIDI; MAMMALIA; SYNGNATHIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33747707475     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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