Folk utilization of traditional medicinal plants among rural population in Wadi Mujib - Jordan

Jordan Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Noubani, Rinad A ^a   Abu Irmaileh, Barakat E ^a   Afifi, Fatemah U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Folk medicine; Jordan; Rank order priority; Teucrium polium

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERMANDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; JORDAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 33947225018     PISSN: 04469283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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