Zootherapy: A study from the Northwestern region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 561-569

  Aloufi, Abdulhadi ^a   Eid, Ehab ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABUK   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Roy Soc for Conservation of Nature   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Animals; Folk medicine; Jordan; Saudi Arabia; Zootherapy

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DIAGNOSIS; INTERVIEW; INVERTEBRATE; JORDAN; NONHUMAN; ORDO; SAUDI ARABIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 84990241509     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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