Latex sensitization in dental students using powder-free gloves low in latex protein: A cross-sectional study

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-108

  Schmid, Klaus ^a   Broding, Horst Christoph ^a   Niklas, Dietrich ^a   Drexler, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dental students; Glove intolerance; IgE antibodies; Low protein powder free gloves; Natural rubber latex allergy; Natural rubber latex gloves; Prick test

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX;

ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DENTISTRY; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRICK TEST; PROTEIN CONTENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIZATION; SEROLOGY; STUDENT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PATCH TESTS; PROTEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 0036702505     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2002.470209.x     Document Type: Article

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