Survey assessment of parental perceptions regarding head lice

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-255

  Silva, Lucía ^a,b,c   Alencar, Rúbia de Aguiar ^a,b,c   Madeira, Newton Goulart ^a,b,c  

^a Faculdade Marechal Rondon   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Enfermagem e Obstetrícia de Jaú   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; SHAMPOO; SOAP; VINEGAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCALP PRURITUS; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL STATUS; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; PARENTS; PEDICULUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCALP DERMATOSES; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 39449124277     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03570.x     Document Type: Article

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