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245 0 _aDEET Is Hard to Beat.
_c.
260 _bHarvard Health Letter,
_c2003.
440 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
_nArticle 16,
_pHealth,
_x1522-323X;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
500 _aOriginally Published: DEET Is Hard to Beat, July 2003; pp. 1-3.
520 _a"Discovered by scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture and patented by the U.S. Army in 1946, DEET has been used in commercial repellents since the late 1950s." (HARVARD HEALTH LETTER) This article examines the use of DEET as a mosquito repellent, noting its advantages over "natural" products as well as the dangers that have been associated with its use.
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 _aDEET
650 _aInsect baits and repellents
650 _aMosquitoes
_xControl
650 _aMosquitoes as carriers of disease
710 _aProQuest Information and Learning Company
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2004,
_pHealth.
_x1522-323X;
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