Cooling the heat traditional remedies for Malaria and fever in northern Peru

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages 125-134

  Bussmann, Rainer W ^a   Glenn, Ashley ^a  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

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EID: 77955461885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.8.0.125-134     Document Type: Article

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