Medicinal plants used by the Inuit of Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin Island, Nunavut)

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-163

  Black, Paleah L ^a   Arnason, John T ^a   Cuerrier, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Inuit; Medicine; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOLOGY; MEDICINE; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ARCTIC COMMUNITIES; ETHNOBOTANY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ETHNOBOTANY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; QIKIQTAALUK;

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 42149091642     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B07-052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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