Ethnomedical practices among the Tai-Khamyangs of Assam, India

Studies on Ethno-Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-50

  Sonowal, Ripunjoy ^a   Barua, Indira ^a  

^a DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Assam; Ethnomedicine; Indigenous Knowledge; Sivasagar District

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959905632     PISSN: 09735070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09735070.2011.11886390     Document Type: Article

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