Latex gloves use and symptoms in health care workers 1 year after implementation of a policy restricting the use of powdered gloves

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 352-358

  Trapé, Marcia ^a   Schenck, Paula ^a   Warren, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; POWDER; PRURITUS; RASH; SAFETY; SENSITIZATION; SKIN COLOR; URTICARIA;

EID: 0033791021     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2000.107199     Document Type: Article

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