Management of occupational allergy to natural rubber latex in a medical center: The importance of quantitative latex allergen measurement and objective follow-up

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2002, Pages S96-S106

  Hunt, Loren W ^a   Kelkar, Pramod ^a   Reed, Charles E ^a   Yunginger, John W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental control; Health care workers; Immunoassay; Incidence; Intervention measures; Latex aeroallergens; Latex allergens

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; LATEX; RUBBER;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALLERGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RUBBER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036674130     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2002.125442     Document Type: Article

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