Ethnomedicine of Ogiek of River Njoro watershed, Nakuru-Kenya

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages 135-152

  Ngari, Eunice W ^a   Chiuri, L W ^a   Kariuki, S T ^a   Huckett, S ^b  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77955438592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.8.0.135-152     Document Type: Article

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