Significance of Biodiversity to Health

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 558-560

  Herndon, Christopher N ^a   Butler, Rhett A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mongabaycom   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Extinction; Health; Medicine; Natural products; Rain forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DISEASE TREATMENT; EXTINCTION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HEALTH IMPACT; MEDICINE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAINFOREST; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 77956471597     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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