Length of residence, age and patterns of medicinal plant knowledge and use among women in the urban Amazon

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wayland, Coral ^a   Walker, Lisa S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Amazon; Brazil; Medicinal plants; Migration; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84895137410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-10-25     Document Type: Article

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