Head louse infestations: The "no nit" policy and its consequences

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 891-896

  Mumcuoglu, Kosta Y ^a,b,c   Meinking, Terri A ^a,b,c   Burkhart, Craig N ^a,b,c   Burkhart, Craig G ^a,b,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Global Health Associates of Miami   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINDANE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL STRATEGY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; LOUSE; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCHOOL REENTRY; SCREENING TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; PEDICULUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746629429     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02827.x     Document Type: Review

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