Laboratory evaluation of toxicity of 16 insect repellents in aerosol sprays to adult mosquitoes

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-274

  Xue, Rui De ^a   Ali, Arshad ^b   Barnard, Donald R ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Anopheles quadrimaculatus; Insect repellents; Mosquito adulticides; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANOPHELES QUADRIMACULATUS; INSECTA;

INSECT REPELLENT;

AEROSOL; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; LD 50; MOSQUITO;

AEROSOLS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; INSECT REPELLENTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

EID: 0141973735     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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