Latex allergy in operating room nurses

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 252-256

  Mace, Sean R ^a   Sussman, Gordon L ^a,f   Liss, Gary ^b   Stark, Donald F ^c   Beezhold, Donald ^d   Thompson, Russell ^e   Kelly, Kevin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Ontario Ministry of Labour   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d GUTHRIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ALLERGEN; FOOD ALLERGEN; LATEX;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031953046     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62966-3     Document Type: Article

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