Incidence of latex sensitization among latex glove users

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 101, Issue 2 I, 1998, Pages 171-178

  Sussman, Gordon L ^a,k   Liss, Gary M ^b,c   Deal, Ken ^d   Brown, Shirley ^e   Cividino, Maureen ^e   Siu, Sidney ^b   Beezhold, Donald H ^f   Smith, Gordon ^b   Swanson, Mark C ^g   Yunginger, John ^g   Douglas, Andrew ^h   Holness, D Linn ^a   Lebert, Phyllis ⁱ   Keith, Paul ⁱ   Waserman, Susan ⁱ   Turjanmaa, Kristiina ^j  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Ontario Ministry of Labour   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^f GUTHRIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^k NONE   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Airborne exposure; Latex gloves; Latex protein concentrations; Powder free gloves; Powdered gloves; Prospective study; Sensitization; Skin testing

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLOVE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0031949186     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(98)70381-1     Document Type: Article

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