Control of head lice: Past, present and future

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 887-894

  Hill, Nigel ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Head lice; Noved treatment; Pedicuticide; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BENZYL BENZOATE; CARBAMIC ACID; CARBARIL; CHLORPHENOTANE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIMETICONE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; FIPRONIL; IMIDACLOPRID; INSECTICIDE; IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE; MALATHION; NIMBIN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PEPPERMINT OIL; PERMETHRIN; PHENOTHRIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PYRETHROID; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; TEA TREE OIL; TIABENDAZOLE; TRITERPENOID; UNINDEXED DRUG;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMB; DIZZINESS; DRUG BINDING; DRUG MECHANISM; EYE DISEASE; FAMILY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LICE INFESTATIONS; PEDICULUS; SCALP DERMATOSES;

EID: 33845418102     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14787210.4.5.887     Document Type: Review

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