Traditional management of ear, nose and throat (ENT) diseases in Central Kenya

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Njoroge, Grace N ^a   Bussmann, Rainer W ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREX; POACEAE;

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

AFRICAN MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; KENYA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THORAX PAIN; TONSILLITIS;

ASTHMA; CHEST PAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMON COLD; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; KENYA; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 34250856788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-2-54     Document Type: Article

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