The life cycle and effectiveness of insecticides against the bed bugs of Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 548-554

  Suwannayod, Suttida ^a   Chanbang, Yaowaluk ^a   Buranapanichpan, Sawai ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bed bugs; Insecticide effectiveness; Life cycle; Thailand

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIMEX; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PYRETHRINS; THAILAND;

EID: 77954692051     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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