Dry sex in Suriname

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-88

  van Andel, Tinde ^a   de Korte, Sanne ^b   Koopmans, Daphne ^b   Behari Ramdas, Joelaika ^c   Ruysschaert, Sofie ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c National Herbarium of Suriname   (Suriname)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Afro Surinamese; AIDS; Ethnobotany; HIV; Vagina; Women's health

Indexed keywords

BELLUCIA GROSSULARIOIDES EXTRACT; CAMPOMANESIA AROMATICA EXTRACT; COSTUS SCABER EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LUDWIGIA NERVOSA EXTRACT; MAPROUNEA GUIANENSIS EXTRACT; MICONIA PRASINA EXTRACT; PARKIA PENDULA EXTRACT; PIPER MARGINATUM EXTRACT; RENEALMIA FLORIBUNDA EXTRACT; SCOPARIA DULCIS EXTRACT; SIPARUNA GUIANENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISMIA GUIANENSIS EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENSTRUATION; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SAUNA; SURINAME; WOUND INFECTION;

FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURINAME; VAGINA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 38749120963     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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