The trade in medicinal animals in Northeastern Brazil

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ferreira, Felipe Silva ^a   Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino ^b   Coutinho, Henrique Douglas Melo ^c   Almeida, Waltécio De Oliveira ^c   Alves, Rmulo Romeu Da Nbrega ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CARIRI   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHATINA FULICA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL USE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAZIL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DESMODUS ROTUNDUS; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FAUNA; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); LEPTODACTYLUS VASTUS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICINAL ANIMAL; MEDICINAL SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PHILODRYAS OLFERSII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRACHYCARDIUM MURICATUM; TREATMENT INDICATION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84855580939     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/126938     Document Type: Article

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