Ectoparasites - The underestimated realm

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Volumn 363, Issue 9412, 2004, Pages 889-891

  Heukelbach, Jörg ^a   Feldmeier, Hermann ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BENZYL BENZOATE; CROTAMITON; IVERMECTIN; LINDANE; MALATHION; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID; TIABENDAZOLE;

ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; AUSTRALIA; ECTOPARASITE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLEA; HUMAN; LARVA MIGRANS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; TUNGIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 1642403795     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15738-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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