Introduction to the special issue: The changing use and misuse of khat (Catha edulis)-Tradition, trade and tragedy

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 537-539

  Odenwald, Michael ^a   Klein, Axel ^b   Warfa, Nasir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHA EDULIS; EDITORIAL; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PLANT LEAF; SOCIAL CONTROL;

AFRICA; CATHA; HUMANS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

CATHA EDULIS;

EID: 78649673611     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.11.012     Document Type: Editorial

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