Head lice in pupils of a primary school in Australia and implications for control

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 285-290

  Speare, Richard ^a   Buettner, Petra G ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; ECTOPARASITE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARASITE CONTROL; PEDICULUS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HYGIENE; STUDENT; SYMPTOM;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; PEDICULUS; PREVALENCE; SCALP DERMATOSES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032898243     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1999.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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