Traditional medicine of the Nicobarese

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 779-785

  Verma, Chitralekha ^a   Bhatia, Shashi ^a   Srivastava, Shuchi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Car Nicobar Island; Ethnomedicine; Nicobarese; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149276884     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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