Comparing medicinal plant knowledge using similarity indices: A case of the Brou, Saek and Kry in Lao PDR

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 481-500

  De Boer, Hugo J ^a   Lamxay, Vichith ^a,b   Björk, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Jaccard; Knowledge similarity; S rensen; Similarity indices; Traditional ecological knowledge; Traditional plant medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTANY; CHRONOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; GEOGRAPHY; KNOWLEDGE; LAOS; MEDICINAL PLANT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SNAKEBITE; SOCIAL ASPECT; THRUSH; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CONSENSUS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LAOS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84859750738     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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