Risk factors for the sustainability of medicinal plants in bhutan

Asian Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-136

  Wangchuk, Phurpa ^a   Olsen, Annette ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bhutan; Medicinal plants; Risk factors; Sustainability; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855683311     PISSN: 1573420X     EISSN: 15734218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157342110X606897     Document Type: Article

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