The role of animal-derived remedies as complementary medicine in Brazil

Animals in Traditional Folk Medicine: Implications for Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 289-301

  Alves, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega ^a   Santana, Gindomar Gomes ^b   Rosa, Ierecê Lucena ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

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EID: 84929583581     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29026-8_13     Document Type: Chapter

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