Medicine from the wild: An overview of the use and trade of animal products in traditional medicines

Animals in Traditional Folk Medicine: Implications for Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 25-42

  Alves, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega ^a   Rosa, Ierecê Lucena ^b   Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino ^c   Cunningham, Anthony B ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

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EID: 84875744982     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29026-8_3     Document Type: Chapter

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