Effects of socio-economic household characteristics on traditional knowledge and usage of wild yams and medicinal plants in the Mahafaly region of south-western Madagascar

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Andriamparany, Jessica N ^a   Brinkmann, Katja ^a   Jeannoda, Vololoniaina ^b   Buerkert, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Local knowledge; Medicinal plants; Socio economic factors; Wild yams

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA VILLOSA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; MADAGASCAR; MEDICINAL PLANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYTOTHERAPY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION; YAM;

DIOSCOREA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84926662978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-10-82     Document Type: Article

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