The challenge of choosing a pediculicide

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 300-304

  Hensel, Paula ^a,b  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Head lice; Lindane; Nits; Pediculicide; Pediculosis capitas; Permethrin; Pyrethrins

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; NEW DRUG; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL; CHILD; HUMAN; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DRUGS, INVESTIGATIONAL; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LICE INFESTATIONS; PEDICULUS; SCALP DERMATOSES;

EID: 0034222439     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2000.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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