Indigenous Knowledge and practices of women herb sellers of Southwestern Nigeria

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 505-510

  Omobuwajo, O R ^a   Alade, G O ^a   Sowemimo, A ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ethnomedicine; Herb seller; Nigeria; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958011017     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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