Traditional-medical knowledge and perception of pangolins (manis sps) among the awori people, Southwestern Nigeria

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Soewu, Durojaye A ^a   Adekanola, Temilolu A ^b  

^a Covenant University ^*  (Nigeria)

^b OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MANIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDENTATA; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; WILD ANIMAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; XENARTHRA;

EID: 80052146177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-7-25     Document Type: Article

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