Bathe the baby to make it strong and healthy: Plant use and child care among Saramaccan Maroons in Suriname

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 148-170

  Ruysschaert, Sofie ^a   van Andel, Tinde ^b   Van de Putte, Kobeke ^a   Van Damme, Patrick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child health; Ethnopharmacology; Herbal bath; Maroon; Saramaccan; Suriname; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; BATH; CHILD CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; SURINAME;

ADULT; BATHS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTHERS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RURAL HEALTH; SURINAME;

EID: 58149101056     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.10.020     Document Type: Article

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