How to manage head lice

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 344-345

  Mazurek, Constance M ^a   Lee, Nancy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; LINDANE; MALATHION; OVIDE; PERMETHRIN; PRONTO; PYRETHRIN;

DRUG INDICATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFESTATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PEDICULOSIS; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; PEDICULUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; PEDICULUS; SCALP DERMATOSES;

EID: 0034181591     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ewjm.172.5.342     Document Type: Review

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