Prevalence of natural rubber latex allergy (Type I and Type IV) in laboratory workers in The Netherlands

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-163

  De Groot, Hans ^a   De Jong, Nicolette W ^a   Duijster, Ellen ^a   Van Wijk, Roy Gerth ^a   Vermeulen, Ab ^a   Van Toorenenbergen, Albert W ^a   Geursen, Lidy ^a   Van Joost, Theo ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Laboratory workers; Natural rubber latex; Occupational; Patch testing; Prick testing; Questionnaire; RASTs; Rubber gloves; Type I allergy; Type IV allergy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; RUBBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; GLOVE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PATCH TEST; PRICK TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; URTICARIA;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; INTRADERMAL TESTS; IRRITANTS; LATEX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031883383     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05684.x     Document Type: Article

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