An ex vivo, assessor blind, randomised, parallel group, comparative efficacy trial of the ovicidal activity of three pediculicides after a single application - melaleuca oil and lavender oil, eucalyptus oil and lemon tea tree oil, and a "suffocation" pediculicide

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Barker, Stephen C ^a   Altman, Phillip M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Altman Biomedical Consulting Pty Ltd Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; BENZYL ALCOHOL; CARBOPOL 934; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL PLUS LEMON TEA TREE OIL; LAVENDER OIL PLUS MELALEUCA OIL; MINERAL OIL; MOOV HEAD LICE SOLUTION; NEUTRALICE ADVANCE; NEUTRALICE NATURAL LOTION; POLYSORBATE 80; SORBITAN OLEATE; SUFFOCATION PEDICULICIDE; TRIETHANOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOMER; ETHYLAMINE; EUCALYPTUS TERPENE OIL; HEXOSE; INSECTICIDE; LAVENDER OIL; POLYSORBATE; TEA TREE OIL; TERPENE; TRIETHYLAMINE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EGG PARASITOID; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN REDNESS; SKIN STINGING; SKIN TOXICITY; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; EUCALYPTUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEPTOSPERMUM; MELALEUCA; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; SKIN DISEASE;

ACRYLATES; ANIMALS; BENZYL ALCOHOL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHYLAMINES; EUCALYPTUS; HEXOSES; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LEPTOSPERMUM; LICE INFESTATIONS; MELALEUCA; MINERAL OIL; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; OVUM; PEDICULUS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT OILS; POLYSORBATES; SCALP DERMATOSES; TEA TREE OIL;

EID: 80052021751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14715945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-11-14     Document Type: Article

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