Identification of the anopheles mosquitoes (diptera: Culicidae) of southern iran using analysis of cuticular hydrocarbons

Animal Cells and Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 165-170

  Rasoolian, Mohammad ^a   Sadrai, Javid ^a   Nikbakhtzadeh, Mahmood Reza ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Cuticular hydrocarbon; Iran; Mosquito; Quantitative GC

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952853185     PISSN: 19768354     EISSN: 21512485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19768354.2008.9647170     Document Type: Article

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