Use of black vulture (Coragyps atratus) in complementary and alternative therapies for cancer in Colombia: A qualitative study

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sánchez Pedraza, Ricardo ^a,b   Gamba Rincón, Magda R ^a,b   González Rangel, Andrés L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b Instituto Nacional de Cancerología   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Complementary therapies; Falconiformes; Neoplasms; Qualitative research; Zootherapy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CORAGYPS ATRATUS; FALCONIFORMES;

IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; CHILD; COLOMBIA; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NEOPLASM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BLOOD; CHILD; COLOMBIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84867644259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-8-20     Document Type: Article

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