Latex sensitization: Occupational versus general population prevalence rates

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 196-200

  Liss, Gary M ^a,b   Sussman, Gordon L ^c  

^a Ontario Ministry of Labour   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

AlaSTAT assay; General population; Latex sensitization; Occupational; Prevalence; Skin testing; Specificity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; RUBBER;

ALLERGY; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SENSITIZATION; URTICARIA;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODIES; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FINLAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; RHINITIS; SKIN TESTS; STUDENTS, DENTAL; URTICARIA;

EID: 0032905630     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199902)35:2<196::AID-AJIM12>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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