The dental team and latex hypersensitivity ada council on scientific affairs

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 257-264

  Shearer, Brian G ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DENTISTRY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SURGICAL GLOVE; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION; DENTISTRY; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; GLOVES, SURGICAL; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033073795     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1999.0177     Document Type: Article

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