Primary prevention of natural rubber latex allergy in the German health care system through education and intervention

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 318-323

  Allmers, Henning ^a,b   Schmengler, Jörg ^c   Skudlik, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Berufsgenossenschaft f r Gesundheitsdienst und Wohlfahrtspflege   (Germany)

Author keywords

Later allergens; Natural rubber latex allergy; Occupational asthma; Powder free latex gloves; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

LATEX; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0036676288     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2002.126461     Document Type: Article

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