Lindane for lice

References

Citations

  1. Frankowski BL, et al. (2002). Head lice. Pediatrics, 110(3): 638–642.

  2. American Academy of Pediatrics (2006). Pediculosis capitis (head lice), pediculosis corporis (body lice), pediculosis pubis (pubic lice). In LK Pickering, ed., Red Book: 2006 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 27th ed., pp. 488–493. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

  3. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2003). FDA advisory: Lindane. American Family Physician, 68(4): 764.



Author: Debby Golonka, MPH
Ralph Poore
Last Updated: November 24, 2006
Medical Review: Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics
Thomas Emmett Francoeur, MDCM, CSPQ, FRCPC - Pediatrics

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