Prevalence of IgE-mediated allergy to natural rubber latex in Dutch operation room personnel;Prevalentie van IgE-gemedieerde allergie voor natuurrubberlatex op Rotterdamse operatiekamers

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 143, Issue 35, 1999, Pages 1780-1784

  Bijl, A M H ^a   De Jong, N W ^a   Mulder, P G H ^b   Gerth Van Wijk, R ^a   De Groot, H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SEROLOGY; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INCIDENCE; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; OPERATING ROOMS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0033612921     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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