Prevention of work-related latex allergy;Forebygging av arbeidsrelatert lateksallergi

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 118, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3287-3292

  Mehluni, Ingrid Sivesind ^a  

^a Arbeidstilsynet   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; POWDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; SURGICAL GLOVE;

DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; NORWAY; POWDERS;

EID: 0032504846     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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