New head-lice treatments: Hope or hype?

Lancet

Volumn 365, Issue 9453, 2005, Pages 8-10

  Roberts, Richard J ^a   Burgess, Ian F ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b Shepreth Royston   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN; PHENOTHRIN; PYRETHROID;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG TARGETING; FEEDING; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NOTE; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 11444260396     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17677-0     Document Type: Note

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