Accession Number:

AD0701016

Title:

INSECTICIDES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN MEDICAL PRACTICE

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH

Report Date:

1969-10-30

Pagination or Media Count:

904.0

Abstract:

The book contains descriptions of contemporary insecticides from various groups of chemical compounds the chlorinated hydrocarbons including those obtained by Diene synthesis, the chlorinated terpenes, organophosphorous insecticides, carbamates, vegetable insecticides including synthetic pyrethrins, fumigants, and various other compounds used for exterminating arthropods. Also described are the forms of application of the insecticides, their synergism and antagonism, and the biological methods of combatting insects including attractants, repellents, physical and chemical methods of sterilization. The epidemiological significance of certain insects fleas, lice, blood-sucking flies, ticks, bugs, sand flies, moths, ants, flies and cockroaches and the measures for combatting them are included.

Subject Categories:

  • Toxicology
  • Pesticides Pollution and Control

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE