Practices of entomophagy and entomotherapy by members of the Nyishi and Galo tribes, two ethnic groups of the state of Arunachal Pradesh (North-East India)

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chakravorty, Jharna ^a   Ghosh, Sampat ^a   Meyer Rochow, Victor B ^b  

^a RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ODONATA; ORTHOPTERA;

AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INSECT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AGED; ANIMALS; DIET; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECTS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 78651365988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-7-5     Document Type: Article

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