Prevalence of natural rubber latex allergy in hairdressers

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 168-169

  Kanerva, Lasse ^a   Leino, Timo ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allergy; Contact urticaria; Epidemiology; Hairdressers; Natural rubber latex; Occupational; Prevalence; Protective gloves; Questionnaire study; Skin symptoms

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; HISTAMINE; LATEX; RUBBER; VINYL DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT URTICARIA; GLOVE; HAIRDRESSER; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PRICK TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0032816209     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1999.tb06117.x     Document Type: Article

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