Household-wide ivermectin treatment for head lice in an impoverished community: randomized observer-blinded controlled trial.
Objective To generate evidence on the effectiveness of household-wide treatment for preventing the transmission of pediculosis capitis (head lice) in resource-poor communities. Methods We studied 132 children without head lice who lived in a slum in north-eastern Brazil. We randomized the households...
| Published in: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 88; no. 2; pp. 90 - 97 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | clinical trial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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World Health Organization
Feb2010
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