Prevalence of latex allergy in operating room nurses

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 90, Issue 3 PART 1, 1992, Pages 319-322

  Lagier, Françoise ^a   Vervloet, Daniel ^a   Lhermet, Ide ^a   Poyen, Danièle ^b   Charpin, Denis ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

anaphylaxis; atopy; epidemiology; Latex; nurses; occupation; occurrence; survey; urticaria

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OPERATING ROOM; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

ADULT; AGED; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATEX; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OPERATING ROOM NURSING; PREVALENCE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0026774698     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(05)80009-0     Document Type: Article

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