Evaluation of extracts and oils of mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) repellent plants from Sweden and Guinea-Bissau

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-119

  Jaenson, Thomas G T ^a   Pålsson, Katinka ^a   Borg Karlson, Anna Karin ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Essential oils; Guinea Bissau; Mosquito repellents; Phytochemicals; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HYPTIS; HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS; INSECTA; MYRICA GALE; MYRICACEAE; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON TOMENTOSUM;

EID: 31644443868     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/43.1.113     Document Type: Article

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