Mountains and medicines: History and medicines use in rural Nepal

Southern Med Review

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-8

  Heydon, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

History; Medicines; Medicines access; Medicines use; Mountains; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DRUG USE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; NEPAL; PUBLICATION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 79955016711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11742704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5655/smr.v4i1.77     Document Type: Article

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