Dimeticone 4% liquid gel found to kill all lice and eggs with a single 15 minute application

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Burgess, Ian F ^a   Burgess, Nazma A ^a  

^a Cambridgeshire   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEDICULUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 78951489476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-15     Document Type: Article

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