Natural rubber latex allergy workers' compensation claims: Washington State healthcare workers, 1991-1999

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 267-275

  Horwitz, Irwin B ^a   Kammeyer Mueller, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Latex; Latex allergy; Rubber; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WASHINGTON; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0036208837     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220252826574     Document Type: Article

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