Knowledge and practice of traditional healers in oral health in the Bui Division, Cameroon

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Agbor, Ashu M ^a   Naidoo, Sudeshni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTAL CARE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CAMEROON; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DENTAL CARE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651373510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-7-6     Document Type: Article

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