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‘The medicine is not for sale’: Practices of traditional healers in snakebite envenoming in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Snakebite envenoming is a medical emergency which is common in many tropical lower- and middle-income countries. Traditional healers are frequently consulted as primary care-givers for snakebite victims in distress. Traditional healers therefore present a valuable source of information a...
Autores principales: | Steinhorst, Jonathan, Aglanu, Leslie Mawuli, Ravensbergen, Sofanne J., Dari, Chrisantus Danaah, Abass, Kabiru Mohammed, Mireku, Samuel Osei, Adu Poku, Joseph Ken, Enuameh, Yeetey A. K., Blessmann, Jörg, Harrison, Robert A., Amuasi, John H., Stienstra, Ymkje |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8081335/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33861735 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009298 |
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