Latex exposure and allergy: A survey of general dental practitioners and dental students

International Dental Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-83

  Amin, A ^a   Palenik, C J ^a   Cheung, S W ^a   Burke, F J T ^a,b  

^a Glasgow Dental School ^*

^b GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTIST; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENETICS; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN ALLERGY; SURGICAL GLOVE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENTISTS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032037951     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.1998.tb00464.x     Document Type: Article

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