'Every mother is a mini-doctor': Ethnomedicinal uses of fish, shellfish and some other aquatic animals in Bangladesh

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-267

  Deb, Apurba Krishna ^a   Emdad Haque, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Biodiversity; Ethnomedicine; Fish; Fishers; Shellfish; Zootherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHICKENPOX; DIET THERAPY; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; FISH; FISTULA; GALACTOGRAPHY; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALARIA; MALE; MYOSITIS; NIGHT BLINDNESS; SEX ROLE; SHELLFISH; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL MEDICINE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WETLAND;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; CRUSTACEA; CULTURE; FEMALE; FISHES; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOLLUSCA; ORGANOTHERAPY;

ANIMALIA; FISTULA;

EID: 79952699572     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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