The role of animal-derived remedies as complementary medicine in Brazil (BioScience 57, (949-955) DOI: 10.1641/B571107);The role of animal-derived remedies as complementary medicine in Brazil

BioScience

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 949-955

  Alves, Rômulo R N ^a   Rosa, Ierecê L ^b   Santana, Gindomar G ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ethnomedicine; Traditional remedies; Wildlife; Zootherapy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 38749124332     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2008)58[7:C]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Erratum

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