Preventing mosquito and tick bites: A Canadian update

Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Onyett, Heather ^g   Bortolussi, Robert ^g   Bridger, Natalie A ^g   Finlay, Jane C ^g   Martin, Susanna ^g   McDonald, Jane C ^g   Robinson, Joan L ^g   Salvadori, Marina I ^g   Vanderkooi, Otto G ^g   Allen, Upton D ^a   Brady, Michael ^b   Hui, Charles P S ^c   Le Saux, Nicole ^d   Moore, Dorothy L ^e   Scott Thomas, Nancy ^f   Spika, John S ^c   MacDonald, Noni E ^g  

^a Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d ACTive (IMPACT)   (Canada)

^e NACI (National Advisory Committee on Immunization)   (Canada)

^f College of Family Physicians of Canada ^*  (Canada)

^g Public Health Agency of Canada ^*

Author keywords

DEET; Icaridin; Lyme disease; Permethrin; Picaridin; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE; SUNSCREEN;

ARTICLE; CANADA; HUMAN; MOSQUITO BITE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN PROTECTION; TICK BITE;

EID: 84902491133     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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