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Insect Repellents

Known as: insect repellant, insect repellants, insect repellent 
Substances causing insects to turn away from them or reject them as food.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Microencapsulation of essential oil for insect repellent in food packaging system.
Microcapsules containing thyme oil were prepared by in situ polymerization, using melamine-formaldehyde prepolymer as a wall… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Insect Repellents: Modulators of Mosquito Odorant Receptor Activity
Background DEET, 2-undecanone (2-U), IR3535 and Picaridin are widely used as insect repellents to prevent interactions between… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Insect repellents: historical perspectives and new developments.
Review
2004
Review
2004
Risk perceptions regarding ticks and Lyme disease: a national survey.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Naphthalene, an insect repellent, is produced by Muscodor vitigenus, a novel endophytic fungus.
Muscodor vitigenus is a recently described endophytic fungus of Paullinia paullinioides, a liana growing in the understorey of… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Pharmacokinetics, formulation, and safety of insect repellent N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (deet): a review.
This review is intended to provide the reader with an overview of the all-purpose topical insect repellent N,N-diethyl-3… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Insect repellents: an overview.
Review
1986
Review
1986
Review of the biodistribution and toxicity of the insect repellent N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET).
A review of the biodistribution and toxicity of the insect repellent N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) is presented. Workers using… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Insect repellents.
What are insect repellents? Insect repellents are lotions, sprays, or oils that are put on skin or clothing to lower the chance… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Toxic encephalopathy in a child after brief exposure to insect repellents.
Seizures and acute behaviour change developed in an 8-year-old girl following exposure to Muskol and Off insect repellents. She… 
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