Evaluation of seven new electronic mosquito repellers

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-188

  Cabrini, Isaías ^a   Andrade, Carlos Fernando S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Culicidae; Diptera; Protection; Repellency; Ultra sonic

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; MECHANICAL CONTROL; MOSQUITO;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 33750075447     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-8703.2006.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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