Natural Rubber Latex Hypersensitivity: Incidence and Prevalence of Type I Allergy in the Dental Professional

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-54

  Hamann, Curtis P ^d   Turjanmaa, Kristiina ^d   Rietschel, Robert ^d   Siew, Chakwan ^d   Owensby, David ^a   Gruninger, Stephen E ^b   Sullivan, Kim M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c SmartPractice   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; RUBBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTIST; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN TEST; SURGICAL GLOVE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION; DENTAL ASSISTANTS; DENTAL AUXILIARIES; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTISTS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUBBER; SEX FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031599969     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1998.0021     Document Type: Article

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