Ways the lukomir highlanders of Bosnia and Herzegovina treat diabetes

Ethnobotany and Biocultural Diversities in the Balkans: Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Development and Reconciliation

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 13-27

  Ferrier, Jonathan ^a,c,g   Šačiragić, Lana ^b,c   Chen, Eric C H ^a   Trakić, Sabina ^d   Saleem, Ammar ^a   Alikadić, Emira ^e   Cuerrier, Alain ^f   Balick, Michael J ^g   Arnason, John T ^a   Redžić, Sulejman ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Emcarta Inc   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^e Fondation GEA+ Foundation for Sustainable Development and Environment Preservation   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced glycation end products (AGEs); Diabetes symptom weights (W); Ericaceae; Ethnopharmacology; HPLC MS; Phylogeny; Postwar ethnobotany; Syndromic importance value (SIV) correction; Type 2 diabetes (T2D); Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929876398     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1492-0_2     Document Type: Chapter

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