Biodiversity, Environment and Health Among Rainforest-Dwellers: An Evolutionary Perspective

Human Health and Forests: A Global Overview of Issues, Practice and Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 259-273

  Froment, Alain ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

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EID: 81255192716     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849771627     Document Type: Chapter

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