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26 mars 2014
- doi: 10.4000/books.irdeditions.7258
- isbn: 9782709915045
- eisbn: 9782709917803
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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folk medicine medicinal plants Valencia (Spain) history of medicine therapeutics medical anthropology médecine traditionnelle plante médicinale pharmacopée médicament ethnobotanique ethnopharmacologie guérisseur paludisme leishmaniose History & Philosophy Of Science Nursing SCI034000 SOC057000 JFFH PDXSujets proches
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J L Fresquet Febrer et al., « Tradition and change in the urban milieu. The popular use of medicinal plants in Valencia (Spain) », IRD Éditions, ID : 10.4000/books.irdeditions.7258
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The city of Valencia is the capital of the Valencian Region and also of the L'Horta district. It is situated in the centre of an alluvial, irrigation plain crossed by eight main irrigation channels: four on each side of the river Turia. The municipal area covers some 134.7 km2, stretching 30 km from north to south but barely 7km from east to west. Its official population in 1996 was 746,683 with 764,924 actually living there. No information was available about the use of medicinal plants by t...