Life-cycle, longevity and fecundity of Blomia tropicalis (acari: glycyphagidae) in a tropical laboratory

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 392-395

  Mariana, A ^a   Ho, T M ^a   Heah, S K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DUST; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MITE; PHYSIOLOGY; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; DUST; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MITES; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0030154239     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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