Use and commercialization of Podocnemis expansa (Schweiger 1812) (Testudines: Podocnemididae) for medicinal purposes in two communities in North of Brazil

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Alves, Rômulo R N ^a   Santana, Gindomar G ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PODOCNEMIDIDAE; PODOCNEMIS EXPANSA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TURTLE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURTLES;

EID: 40949103164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-4-3     Document Type: Article

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