Medicinal plant knowledge and its erosion among the Mien (Yao) in northern Thailand

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 335-342

  Srithi, Kamonnate ^a   Balslev, Henrik ^b   Wangpakapattanawong, Prasit ^a   Srisanga, Prachaya ^c   Trisonthi, Chusie ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Herbarium   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Ethnomedicine; Fidelity level; Informant consensus factor; Use value

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICINAL PLANT; NORMAL HUMAN; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STUDENT T TEST; THAILAND; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, EAST ASIAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349171053     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.02.035     Document Type: Article

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