Occupational asthma due to latex in health care workers

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1280-1282

  Ho, Alice ^a   Chan, Henry ^a   Tse, Kam S ^a   Chan Yeung, Moira ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

asthma; latex; occupational disease; specific bronchial challenge

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN TEST; SURGICAL GLOVE;

EID: 0029802588     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.12.1280     Document Type: Article

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