Ethnomedical survey of Berta ethnic group Assosa Zone, Benishangul-Gumuz regional state, mid-west Ethiopia

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Flatie, Teferi ^a   Gedif, Teferi ^a   Asres, Kaleab ^a   Gebre Mariam, Tsige ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 66749138957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-5-14     Document Type: Article

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