East African discourses on khat and sex

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 600-606

  Beckerleg, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

East Africa; Fertility; Khat; Morality; Sex; Violence

Indexed keywords

CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; LIBIDO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RAPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; VIOLENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CATHA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; LIBIDO; MALE; MORALS; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RAPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UGANDA;

CATHA EDULIS;

EID: 78649672557     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.08.057     Document Type: Article

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