Initial evaluation of N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide and permethrin absorption in human volunteers under stress conditions

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 122-127

  Roy, Michael J ^a   Kraus, Patricia L ^a   Cooper, Jamie A ^a   Cherstniakova, Svetlana ^a   Coll, Regina ^a   Seegers, Cynthia A ^a   Deuster, Patricia A ^a   Koslowe, Patricia ^a   Law, Wendy A ^a   Krantz, David S ^a   Cantilena, Louis ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; PERMETHRIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN ABSORPTION; STRESS; TOXICOKINETICS; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 32144433004     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.2.122     Document Type: Article

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