Lime for Chest Congestion, Bitter Orange for Diabetes: Foods as Medicines in the Dominican Community in New York City;El Limón para Pecho Apretado, la Naranja Agria para Diabetes: Plantas Alimenticias como medicinas en la Comunidad Dominicana en Nueva York

Economic Botany

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 177-189

  Vandebroek, Ina ^a   Balick, Michael J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY   (United States)

Author keywords

bot nicas; community gardens; cultural competency training; Dominican Republic; female reproductive health; food deserts; Green Carts; medical education; migrants; non communicable diseases; self limiting diseases; Traditional medicine; urban ethnobotany

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920095176     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-014-9268-5     Document Type: Article

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