Assessment of knowledge and usage custom of traditional insect/mosquito repellent plants in Addis Zemen Town, South Gonder, North Western Ethiopia

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-53

  Karunamoorthi, Kaliyaperumal ^a   Adane Mulelam, ^a   Fentahun Wassie, ^a  

^a School of Environmental Health Science   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Ethiopia; Knowledge; Malaria; Smokes; Traditional repellent plants; Usage custom

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT;

ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; OLIVE TREE; SILENE; SMOKE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AZADIRACHTA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULICIDAE; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE VECTORS; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT REPELLENTS; LAMIACEAE; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLEA; PLANTS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SILENE; SMOKE;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; ECHINOPS (PLANT); OLEA EUROPAEA; SILENE;

EID: 58049123591     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.09.027     Document Type: Article

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