Treatment of head lice with dimeticone 4% lotion: Comparison of two formulations in a randomised controlled trial in rural Turkey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kurt, Özgür ^a   Balcioǧlu, I Cüneyt ^a   Burgess, Ian F ^b   Limoncu, M Emin ^a   Girginkardeşler, Nogay ^a   Tabak, Tuba ^a   Muslu, Hasan ^a   Ermiş, Zge ^a   Sahin, M Turhan ^a   Bilac, Cemal ^a   Kavur, Hakan ^c   Özbel, Yusuf ^c  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Medical Entomology Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; PEDICULUS; RURAL POPULATION; SCALP DERMATOSES; SCHOOLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 73849123525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-441     Document Type: Article

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