Health, habitats and medicinal plant use

Human Health and Forests: A Global Overview of Issues, Practice and Policy

Volumn 9781849771627, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-62

  Cunningham, Anthony B ^a   Shanley, Patricia ^b   Laird, Sarah ^c  

^a Center for International Forestry Research ^*

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781849771627     Document Type: Chapter

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