Evaluating indices of traditional ecological knowledge: A methodological contribution

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Reyes García, Victoria ^a,b   Vadez, Vincent ^b   Tanner, Susan ^c   McDade, Thomas ^c   Huanca, Tomás ^b   Leonard, William R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOLIVIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECOLOGY; ETHNOBOTANY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOLIVIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ECOLOGY; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 34250760708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-2-21     Document Type: Article

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