Hot water kills head lice experimentally placed on brushes

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 954-956

  Speare, R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HOT WATER; MALATHION; TAP WATER;

ARTHROPOD; COMB; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; HAIRDRESSER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS; PEDICULUS; WATER IMMERSION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HEAT; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; PEDICULUS; WATER;

EID: 0034496098     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2000.00008-3.x     Document Type: Letter

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