Herbal medicine acceptance, sources and utilization for diarrhoea management in a cosmopolitan urban area (Thika, Kenya)

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 65-70

  Njoroge, Grace Njeri ^a   Kibunga, Joan Wanjiku ^a  

^a JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Antidiarrhoeal remedies; Phytotherapy; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE TREATMENT; MEDICINAL PLANT; METROPOLITAN AREA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL PROVINCE [KENYA]; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; THIKA;

CUCURBITA MAXIMA; PHYSALIS; SENNA; SENNA DIDYMOBOTRYA;

EID: 33846972605     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00740.x     Document Type: Article

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