Prevalence of latex-specific IgE antibodies in hospital personnel

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-56

  Kaczmarek, Ronald G ^a,f   Silverman, Barbara G ^a   Gross, Thomas P ^a   Hamilton, Robert G ^b   Kessler, Eileen ^c   Arrowsmith Lowe, J Thomas ^d   Moore Jr , Roscoe M ^e  

^a Ctr Devices and Radiological Hlth   (United States)

^b Div Rheumatology and Clin Immunol   (United States)

^c Directorate for Epidemiology and Health Statistics   (United States)

^d Office of Global Health Affairs   (United States)

^e US Dept of Hlth and Hum Serv   (United States)

^f Ctr Devices Radiological Hlth   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLERGY;

EID: 0030024704     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63406-0     Document Type: Article

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