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'Offensive' snakes: cultural beliefs and practices related to snakebites in a Brazilian rural settlement

This paper records the meaning of the term 'offense' and the folk knowledge related to local beliefs and practices of folk medicine that prevent and treat snake bites, as well as the implications for the conservation of snakes in the county of Pedra Branca, Bahia State, Brazil. The data wa...

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Autores principales: Fita, Dídac S, Neto, Eraldo M Costa, Schiavetti, Alexandre
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2853519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20346120
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-6-13