A medicinal plant study of the santal tribe in Rangpur district, Bangladesh

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-425

  Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a   Mollik, Ariful Haque ^a   Rahman, Sahidur ^a   Hasan, Nazmul ^a   Agarwala, Bipasha ^a   Jahan, Rownak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEOPLASM; PARALYSIS; PLANT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INTERVIEW; PHYTOTHERAPY;

PLANT EXTRACT;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77951965821     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0186     Document Type: Article

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