Can a threshold limit value for natural rubber latex airborne allergens be defined?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 24-27

  Baur, Xaver ^a,b   Chen, Zhiping ^a   Allmers, Henning ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Latex; Latex aeroallergen; Latex allergy; Occupational asthma; Threshold value

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0031915745     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(98)70188-5     Document Type: Article

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