Alternative medicines for AIDS in resource-poor settings: Insights from exploratory anthropological studies in Asia and Africa

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hardon, Anita ^a   Desclaux, Alice ^b,c   Egrot, Marc ^c,d   Simon, Emmanuelle ^b,c   Micollier, Evelyne ^b,c   Kyakuwa, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POVERTY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ASIA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; POVERTY;

EID: 49249121906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-4-16     Document Type: Article

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