Medicinal plant use in two Andean communities located at different altitudes in the Bolívar Province, Peru

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 450-464

  Monigatti, Martina ^a   Bussmann, Rainer W ^b   Weckerle, Caroline S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants; Peru; South America; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GRANDPARENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARENT; PERU; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872145293     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.10.066     Document Type: Article

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