Treatment of head lice: Choice of treatment will depend on local patterns of resistance

BMJ

Volumn 323, Issue 7321, 2001, Pages 1084-

  Dodd, Ciara ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LINDANE; MALATHION; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; INFESTATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PEDICULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERINFECTION;

ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LICE INFESTATIONS; PEDICULUS; SCALP DERMATOSES;

EID: 0035841468     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.323.7321.1084     Document Type: Editorial

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