The prevalence of anti-latex IgE antibodies among registered nurses

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 535-544

  Grzybowski, Mary ^a,b   Ownby, Dennis R ^b   Peyser, Patricia A ^c   Johnson, Christine C ^a   Schork, M Anthony ^c  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

anti latex IgE antibodies; epidemiology; Latex allergy; nursing population; prevalence; risk factor

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0029910160     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(96)70087-8     Document Type: Article

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