Indigenous knowledge of traditional medical practitioners in the treatment of sickle cell anemia

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-125

  Olatokun, Wole Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Indigenous knowledge systems; Nigeria; Sickle cell anemia; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149243395     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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