'Offensive' snakes: cultural beliefs and practices related to snakebites in a Brazilian rural settlement
<p>Abstract</p> <p>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 Bra...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine |
| Online Access: | http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/6/1/13 |