Bed bugs. What the GP needs to know

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 880-884

  Doggett, Stephen L ^a   Russell, Richard ^b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BED; BITES AND STINGS; CIMEX; DISEASE CARRIER; ECTOPARASITOSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BEDBUGS; BEDDING AND LINENS; BITES AND STINGS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS;

EID: 73149124936     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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