Indigenous herbal coolants for combating heat stress in the hot Indian Arid Zone

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 679-682

  Kumar, Suresh ^a   Parveen, Farzana ^a   Goyal, Sangeeta ^a   Chauhan, Aruna ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Herbal coolants; Indian arid zone; Indigenous knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551617281     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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