Indigenous knowledge of folk medicine by the women of Kalat and Khuzdar regions of Balochistan, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1465-1485

  Tareen, Rasool Bakhsh ^a   Bibi, Tahira ^b   Khan, Mir Ajab ^c   Ahmad, Mushtaq ^c   Zafar, Muhammad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^b Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University   (Pakistan)

^c QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIACEAE; APIALES; ASTERACEAE; FABACEAE; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PAPILIONOIDEAE; SOLANACEAE; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

EID: 77955104523     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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