Home remedies to control head lice: Assessment of home remedies to control the human head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis (Anoplura: Pediculidae)

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 393-398

  Takano Lee, Miwa ^b   Edman, John D ^a   Mullens, Bradley A ^b   Clark, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; OLIVE OIL; PETROLATUM; VINEGAR; WATER;

BUTTER; FOOD; HOME CARE; IMMERSION; MAYONNAISE; NONHUMAN; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; REVIEW;

EID: 11144348097     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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