Ethnomedicine use in the war affected region of northwest Pakistan

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Adnan, Muhammad ^a   Ullah, Ihsan ^a   Tariq, Akash ^a   Murad, Waheed ^a   Azizullah, Azizullah ^a   Khan, Abdul L ^b   Ali, Nawab ^a  

^a KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIZWA   (Oman)

Author keywords

Diseases; Indigenous knowledge; Medicinal plants; Traditional medicines

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84893188002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-10-16     Document Type: Article

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