Prevalence of skin test reactions to natural rubber latex in hospital personnel in Russia and eastern Europe

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 452-456

  Nolte, H ^a   Babakhin, A ^c   Babanin, A ^c   Bakhutashvili, V ^c   Beloglazov, V ^c   Bezruchenko, O ^c   Blaziene, A ^c   Chuchalin, A ^c   Drannik, G ^c   Endre, L ^c   Khaitov, R ^c   Khanferyan, R ^c   Kowal, K ^c   Kowalski, M ^c   Markov, A ^c   Petrov, R ^c   Puchlik, B ^c   Rosovenko, A ^c   Sepiashvili, R ^c   Stepka, K ^c   Titov, L ^c   Tsybulkina, V ^c   Yashina, L ^c   Zakirova, I ^c   DuBuske, Lawrence M ^b,c   more..

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Immunology Research Institute of New England   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; LATEX; RUBBER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CONTACT URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EASTERN EUROPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0036877532     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62080-7     Document Type: Article

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