Glove powder in the hospital environment - Consequences for healthcare workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 267-271

  Edelstam, Greta ^a   Arvanius, Lisbeth ^a   Karlsson, Gunilla ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glove; Hand eczema; Latex; Powder

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; LATEX; LATEX PROTEIN ANTIGEN; RUBBER; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POWDER; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; SURGICAL GLOVE; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; POWDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; STARCH; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036556322     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-001-0296-y     Document Type: Article

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