Natural rubber latex allergy: Spectrum, diagnostic approach, and therapy

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-85

  Woods, Julia A ^a   Lambert, Susan ^a   Platts Mills, Thomas A E ^a   Drake, David B ^a   Edlich, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anaphylaxis; immediate hypersensitivity; latex allergy; natural rubber; occupational allergy; powdered latex gloves; spina bifida

Indexed keywords

LATEX; RUBBER;

CONTACT ALLERGY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SURGICAL GLOVE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031029163     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(96)00256-9     Document Type: Article

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