Plants used for reproductive health by Nahua women in northern Veracruz, Mexico

Economic Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 604-614

  Smith Oka, Vania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Indigenous women; Mexico; Nahua; Plant knowledge; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649131552     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-008-9026-7     Document Type: Article

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