The use of magical plants by curanderos in the Ecuador highlands

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Cavender, Anthony P ^a   Albán, Manuel ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bolivar State University   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECUADOR; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAGIC; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; ECUADOR; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGIC; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 60949093212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-5-3     Document Type: Review

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