An ethnozoological survey of medicinal animals commercialized in the markets of Campina Grande, NE Brazil

Human Ecology Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-17

  Alves, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega ^a   das Graças Gerônimo Oliveira, Maria ^a   Barboza, Raynner Rilke Duarte ^a   Lopez, Luiz Carlos Serramo ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Medicinal animals; Traditional medicine; Zootherapy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77953812863     PISSN: 10744827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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