Food or medicine? the food-medicine interface in households in Sylhet

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 167, Issue , 2015, Pages 97-104

  Jennings, Hannah Maria ^a   Merrell, Joy ^b   Thompson, Janice L ^c   Heinrich, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Ethnography; Food medicine; Health beliefs; Health practices

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940000885     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.09.011     Document Type: Article

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