Latex allergy -an increasing health problem;Lateksallergi

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 378-381

  Klingenberg, Claus ^a   Forsdahl, Bârd Anders ^a   Bolle, Roald ^a  

^a Barneavdelingen Regionsykehuset I Tromsø   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUBBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTORS; RUBBER; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0032579031     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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