Latex allergens

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 134-140

  Posch, A ^a   Chen, Z ^a   Raulf Heimsoth, M ^a   Baur, X ^a  

^a INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; LATEX;

ALLERGENICITY; ASTHMA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URTICARIA;

ALLERGENS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LATEX; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031907048     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00181.x     Document Type: Review

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