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Consequences of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade on Medicinal Plant Selection: Plant Use for Cultural Bound Syndromes Affecting Children in Suriname and Western Africa
Folk perceptions of health and illness include cultural bound syndromes (CBS), ailments generally confined to certain cultural groups or geographic regions and often treated with medicinal plants. Our aim was to compare definitions and plant use for CBS regarding child health in the context of the l...
Autores principales: | Vossen, Tessa, Towns, Alexandra, Ruysschaert, Sofie, Quiroz, Diana, van Andel, Tinde |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4221471/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25372485 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112345 |
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