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By Cathy Wong, About.com Guide to Alternative Medicine since 2000

Do Herbal Insect Repellents Measure Up?

Saturday June 18, 2005
In recent years, citronella and other plant-based insect repellents have become a popular alternative among people reluctant to use chemical repellents. But are they effective? A study in the New England Journal of Medicine compared different synthetic chemical and herbal repellents... Here are the results.

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