Pubic lice (pthirus pubis): History, biology and treatment vs. knowledge and beliefs of US college students

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 592-600

  Anderson, Alice L ^a   Chaney, Elizabeth ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College student; survey; Pthirus pubis; Pubic lice

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN; LINDANE; MALATHION; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID; SHAMPOO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CREAM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOTION; LOUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRESCRIPTION; PTHIRUS PUBIS; PUBIC PEDICULOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY;

PHTHIRIDAE; PHTHIRUS PUBIS;

EID: 61449112116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6020592     Document Type: Article

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