Fidelity level and knowledge of medicinal plants used to make Therapeutic Turkish Baths

Studies on Ethno-Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Ugulu, Ilker ^a  

^a BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Herbal medicine; Indigenous knowledge; Quantitative ethno botany; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860828498     PISSN: 09735070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09735070.2012.11886413     Document Type: Article

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