Herbal remedy knowledge acquisition and transmission among the Yucatec Maya in Tabi, Mexico: a cross-sectional study

Allison L. Hopkins1, John Richard Stepp2, Christopher McCarty3, Judith S. Gordon1
1Department of Family and Community Medicine University of Arizona Tucson AZ USA
2Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA.
3Department of Anthropology and Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

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