Allergy to latex rubber

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 43-46

  Sussman, Gordon L ^a,b   Beezhold, Donald H ^a  

^a GUTHRIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX; RUBBER;

ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0028881480     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-122-1-199501010-00007     Document Type: Article

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