Ethnopharmacological survey of Samburu district, Kenya

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nanyingi, Mark O ^a   Mbaria, James M ^a   Lanyasunya, Adamson L ^b   Wagate, Cyrus G ^a   Koros, Kipsengeret B ^a,c   Kaburia, Humphrey F ^a   Munenge, Rahab W ^a   Ogara, William O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b Samburu Integrated Resource Aid Network (SIRAN)   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 44949129069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-4-14     Document Type: Article

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