Ethnobotany and its links to medical sciences and public health: Quo vadis?

Zeitschrift fur Phytotherapie

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 58-62

  Pieroni, Andrea ^a   Privitera, Salvatore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GASTRONOMIC SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

biological conservation; Ethnobotany; ethnomedicine; herbal sciences; migrant health

Indexed keywords

ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICINE; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

EID: 84901005848     PISSN: 0722348X     EISSN: 14389584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1371719     Document Type: Review

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