"Insect Repellents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Substances causing insects to turn away from them or reject them as food.
| Descriptor ID |
D007302
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.696.706.434 D27.720.031.700.441 D27.888.723.441
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Insect Repellents" by people in this website by year, and whether "Insect Repellents" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Insect Repellents" by people in Profiles.
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Co-exposure to pyridostigmine bromide, DEET, and/or permethrin causes sensorimotor deficit and alterations in brain acetylcholinesterase activity. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2004 Feb; 77(2):253-62.
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Effects of daily dermal application of DEET and epermethrin, alone and in combination, on sensorimotor performance, blood-brain barrier, and blood-testis barrier in rats. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2001 Apr 06; 62(7):523-41.
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Topical use of DEET insect repellent as a cause of severe encephalopathy in a healthy adult male. Acad Emerg Med. 1999 Dec; 6(12):1295-7.