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- ↑ Frances, Stephen P.; Marlow, Robert M.; Jansen, Cassie C.; Huggins, Raethea L.; Cooper, Robert D. (2005). "Laboratory and field evaluation of commercial repellent formulations against mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Queensland, Australia". Australian Journal of Entomology. 44 (4): 431–436. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.2005.00498.x . Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- ↑ "Aeroguard - CSIROpedia". CSIROpedia. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
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