Bug buster for head lice: Is it effective?

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1635-1637

  Chosidow, Olivier ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; INSECTICIDE; MALATHION; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PEDICULICIDE; PERMETHRIN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOTE; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33845685407     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.142.12.1635     Document Type: Note

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