Work-related asthma and latex allergy sorting out the types, causes, and consequences

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 39-46

  Avila, Pedro C ^a   Shusterman, Dennis J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID ANHYDRIDE; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LATEX; METAL;

ATOPY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; SMOKING;

EID: 0033001864     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1999.06.621     Document Type: Review

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