The prevalence of anti-latex IgE antibodies in 1000 volunteer blood donors

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1188-1192

  Ownby, Dennis R ^a   Ownby, Helen E ^b   McCullough, Judith ^a   Shafer, A William ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

anti latex IgE antibodies; Latex allergy; prevalence; volunteer blood donors

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED CROSS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0029896590     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(96)70183-5     Document Type: Article

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