
%0 Journal Article
%T FactSheet: Headlice
%J New South Wales Public Health Bulletin
%D 2000/02/01
%V 11
%N 2
%P 15-15
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/NB00009
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/NB00009 
%X Head lice are tiny insects that live in hair, where they breed and feed on blood from the scalp. They are about the size of a sesame seed, have six legs, and range from tan to greyish-white in colour. They live up to 30 days and cannot survive for more than two days away from the human scalp. 
