Re-examining hypotheses concerning the use and knowledge of medicinal plants: A study in the Caatinga vegetation of NE Brazil

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  de Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DESERT CLIMATE; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; DESERT CLIMATE; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TREES;

EID: 34047116460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-2-30     Document Type: Article

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