Some Field Methods in Medical Ethnobiology

Field Methods

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-268

  Berlin, Elois Ann ^a   Berlin, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnobotany; ethnomedicine; ethnopharmacology; medical ethnobiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996144875     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X05277532     Document Type: Article

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