Repellency against head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 729-731

  Semmler, Margit ^a   Abdel Ghaffar, Fathy ^a   Al Rasheid, Khaled ^b   Klimpel, Sven ^c   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; LICATACK; PARAMENTHAN 3,8 DIOL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MALE; PEDICULOSIS; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MALE; PEDICULUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; VITEX;

EUCALYPTUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CAPITIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS;

EID: 77949272121     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1698-0     Document Type: Article

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