Spatial and kinetic factors for the transfer of head lice (Pediculus capitis) between hairs

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 629-631

  Canyon, Deon V ^a   Speare, Richard ^a   Muller, Reinhold ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Head lice; Pediculosis; Pediculus capitis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAIR; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VELOCITY;

EID: 0036379423     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2002.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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