Latex allergies in the health care worker

Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-31

  Tesiorowski, Caroline C ^a,b  

^a SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; LATEX; PROTEIN; RUBBER;

AGRICULTURE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTAMINATION; CROSS REACTION; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFECTION CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PEST MANAGEMENT; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; WORKPLACE; ALLERGY; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RUBBER;

EID: 0037318332     PISSN: 10899472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpan.2003.50003     Document Type: Article

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