Head lice

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 346, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 1645-1650

  Roberts, Richard J ^a  

^a North Wales Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBARIL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; INSECTICIDE; IVERMECTIN; LINDANE; MALATHION; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PEDICULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; ANIMAL; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG RESISTANCE; OOCYTE; PEDICULOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALATHION; OVUM; PEDICULUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PYRETHRINS; SCALP DERMATOSES;

EID: 0037162109     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp012640     Document Type: Article

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