What's eating you? Pubic lice (Pthirus pubis)

Cutis

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-114

  Galiczynski Jr , Edward M ^a   Elston, Dirk M ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINDANE; PERMETHRIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LOUSE; PEDICULOSIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; LINDANE; PERMETHRIN; PHTHIRUS;

EID: 41149145100     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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