Vertebrates used for medicinal purposes by members of the Nyishi and Galo tribes in Arunachal Pradesh (North-East India)

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

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

^a RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; NEOFELIS NEBULOSA; PISCES; REPTILIA; VARIOLA VIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIAN; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERTEBRATE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 79953209016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-7-13     Document Type: Article

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