Head lice on pillows, and strategies to make a small risk even less

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 626-629

  Speare, Rick ^a   Cahill, Christine ^a   Thomas, Genelle ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AUSTRALIA; BED; COLD; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEATING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAUNDRY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PEDICULUS; REINFECTION; RISK; TROPIC CLIMATE; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLD; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; PEDICULUS; SCALP DERMATOSES; WATER;

EID: 0041386286     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01927.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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