The ambiguity of khat in Somaliland

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 590-599

  Hansen, Peter ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Catha edulis; Development; Regulation; Societal effects; Somaliland

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CATHA EDULIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOMALIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

CATHA; HUMANS; MALE; PLANT LEAVES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOMALIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WAR;

CATHA EDULIS;

EID: 78649646018     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.02.028     Document Type: Article

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