Distribution and transmission of medicinal plant knowledge in the Andean highlands: A case study from Peru and Bolivia

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mathez Stiefel, Sarah Lan ^a   Vandebroek, Ina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIGRATION; PEER GROUP; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84855566870     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/959285     Document Type: Article

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