Contact toxicity of permethrin-impregnated military uniforms to Culex pipiens (diptera: culicidae) and Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae): Effects of laundering and time of exposure

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 84-90

  Fryauff, David J ^a,b   Shoukry, Mona A ^c   Hanafi, Hanafi A ^a   Choi, Yung Mi ^b   Kamel, Kamal E ^d   Schreck, Carl E ^e  

^a US Nav Med Research Unit No 3   (United States)

^b US Nav Med Research Unit No 2   (United States)

^c Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^d Health Development International   (Saudi Arabia)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; CULEX; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; LAUNDRY; MOSQUITO; PSYCHODIDAE; SOLDIER; TIME;

ANIMALS; CLOTHING; CULEX; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; LAUNDERING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PERMETHRIN; PSYCHODIDAE; PYRETHRINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030102778     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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