Is DEET safe for children?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 468-469

  Flake, Zachary A ^a   Hinojosa, Jose R ^a   Brown, Marcy ^b  

^a Fort Collins Family Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

^b Allegheny Health Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; INSECT REPELLENT;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DEATH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INGESTION; INSECT BITE; INTOXICATION; LOTION; MOSQUITO; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEIZURE; AGE; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 18544362953     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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