Latex allergy in the workplace

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-14

  Toraason, Mark ^a   Sussman, Gordon ^b,c   Biagini, Raymond ^a   Meade, Jean ^b,c   Beezhold, Donald ^d   Germolec, Dori ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Toronto ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d GUTHRIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact dermatitis; Hypersensitivity; Latex allergy; Natural rubber latex (NRL)

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; RUBBER;

CONTACT DERMATITIS; GLOVE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

HEVEA; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; MURINAE;

EID: 0033735829     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/58.1.5     Document Type: Review

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