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Medicinal plants used by women in Mecca: urban, Muslim and gendered knowledge

BACKGROUND: This study explores medicinal plant knowledge and use among Muslim women in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Ethnobotanical research in the region has focused on rural populations and male herbal healers in cities, and based on these few studies, it is suggested that medicinal plant know...

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Autores principales: Alqethami, Afnan, Hawkins, Julie A., Teixidor-Toneu, Irene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5693532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29149859
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-017-0193-4