Bioavailability of rubber accelerators in rubber gloves and patch test reactivity

Dermatologie in Beruf und Umwelt

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 127-133

  Knudsen, Bodil B ^a   Hametner, Christa ^b   Seycek, Otakar ^c   Heese, Angelika ^d   Koch, Hans Uwe ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Östereichisches Institut für Biomedizinische Werkstofftechnik   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetone extracts; Bioavailability; Cross reactivity; Medical gloves; Natural rubber latex; Patch tests; Quantitative analysis; Rubber accelerators

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALLERGEN; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DISULFIRAM; LATEX; MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE; RUBBER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; KINETICS; MATERIALS TESTING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATCH TEST; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SURGICAL GLOVE;

EID: 0033847216     PISSN: 1438776X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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