(2017) Facts Sheet: Lice Information for Health Professionals, August 8, 2017. Public Health, Department of (Health and Human Services, Department of)
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Abstract
Lice are wingless insects that are host-adapted to humans and do not live on household pets or in the general environment. An adult head louse can live about 30 days on a person’s head but will die within one or two days if it falls off a person.
| Item Type: | Departmental Report |
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| Keywords: | Head Lice, Public Health |
| Subjects: | Health and medicine Health and medicine > Healthcare Health and medicine > Healthcare > Hygiene and personal cleanliness Health and medicine > Public health |
| ID Code: | 32183 |
| Deposited By: | Margaret Barr |
| Deposited On: | 05 May 2020 16:19 |
| Last Modified: | 05 May 2020 16:19 |
| URI: | https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/32183 |