A comparative analysis of medicinal plants used by folk medicinal healers in three districts of Bangladesh and inquiry as to mode of selection of medicinal plants

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages 195-218

  Mollik, Md Ariful Haque ^a   Hossan, Md Shahadat Hossan ^a   Paul, Alok Kumar ^a   Taufiq Ur Rahman, M ^b   Jahan, Rownak ^a   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a University of Development Alternative   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77955453349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.8.0.195-218     Document Type: Article

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