Influence of occupational exposure to latex on the prevalence of sensitization and allergy to latex in a Swiss hospital

Dermatology

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 226-232

  Galobardes, B ^a   Quiliquini, A M ^a   Roux, N ^a   Taramarcaz, P ^a   Schira, J C ^a   Bernstein, M ^a   Morabia, A ^a   Hauser, Conrad ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cumulative occupational exposure; IgE to latex; Latex allergy; Latex gloves; Occupational exposure; Skin prick tests to latex

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034756791     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000051754     Document Type: Article

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