Latex allergy in health-care workers in an english district general hospital

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 273-276

  Handfield Jones, S E ^a  

^a WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLERGY; SURGICAL GLOVE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HAND DERMATOSES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LATEX; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 0031890249     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02073.x     Document Type: Article

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