Herbalism, home gardens, and hybridization: Wõthïhã medicine and cultural change

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-63

  Heckler, S L ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GARDENING; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL CHANGE; VENEZUELA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHILD; FEMALE; GARDENING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, HERBAL; SHAMANISM; SOCIAL CHANGE; VENEZUELA;

EID: 33847287762     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2007.21.1.41     Document Type: Article

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