The manufacture of gloves from natural rubber latex

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2002, Pages S3-S14

  Yip, Esah ^a   Cacioli, Paul ^b  

^a Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council   (Malaysia)

^b Ansell Healthcare Products Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergenicity; Barrier protection; Dry rubber products; Latex products; Powdered and powder free gloves; Residual extractable proteins

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; LATEX; PROTEIN; RUBBER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GLOVE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTEIN CONTENT; SKIN PROTECTION;

ALLERGENS; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HUMANS; LATEX; PLANT PROTEINS; RUBBER;

EID: 0036673966     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2002.124499     Document Type: Article

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