Mosquito repellents for travellers

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Stanczyk, Nina M ^a   Behrens, Ron H ^a,b   Chen Hussey, Vanessa ^a   Stewart, Sophie A ^a   Logan, James G ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 MENTHANE 3,8 DIOL; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CITRONELLAL; CLOVE OIL; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; ETHYLBUTYLACETYLAMINOPROPIONATE; GERANIOL; ICARIDIN; INSECT REPELLENT; METOFLUTHRIN; NEEM OIL; PEPPERMINT OIL; SUNSCREEN; THIAMINE; THYME OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MENTHOL; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; TERPIN;

AEDES; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CULEX; DRUG SAFETY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCHODIDAE; TICK; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALARIA;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DEET; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MALARIA; MENTHOL; PIPERIDINES; TRAVEL;

EID: 84923879551     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h99     Document Type: Article

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