Continuum Between Ritual and Medicinal Use of Plants: Smoke Analysis of Ritual Plants from Southwest China
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عنوان ژورنال: CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0009-4293
DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2011.438