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Evidence in support of the role of disturbance vegetation for women’s health and childcare in Western Africa

BACKGROUND: In savannah-dominated Bénin, West Africa, and forest-dominated Gabon, Central Africa, plants are a major source of healthcare for women and children. Due to this high demand and the reliance on wild populations as sources for medicinal plants, overharvesting of African medicinal plants i...

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Autores principales:	Towns, Alexandra M, Ruysschaert, Sofie, van Vliet, Esther, van Andel, Tinde
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2014
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4025535/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885805 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-10-42

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