Ethnomedicinal practices among a minority group of Christians residing in Mirzapur village of Dinajpur district, Bangladesh

Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-51

  Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a   Kabir, A A B Tajbilur ^a   Rahman, Md Mahfuzur ^a   Hossan, Md Shahadat ^a   Khatun, Zubaida ^a   Khatun, Mst Afsana ^b   Jahan, Rownak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

^b Lincoln College   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Christians; Medicinal plants; Mirzapur

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954112147     PISSN: 19950772     EISSN: 19981090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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