Advice for protection against mosquitoes and ticks

American Family Physician

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 754-755

  Yates, Johnnie ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRONELLAL; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; ICARIDIN; INSECT REPELLENT; OIL OF LEMON EUCALYPTUS; PERMETHRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ETHYL-3-(N-N-BUTYL-N-ACETYL)AMINOPROPIONATE; MENTHOL; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TERPIN;

CHIKUNGUNYA; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; MOSQUITO BITE; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RASH; SKIN IRRITATION; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; CYMBOPOGON; MOSQUITO; TICK;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CULICIDAE; CYMBOPOGON; DEET; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MENTHOL; PIPERIDINES; PROPIONATES; TICKS;

EID: 84930260904     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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