Prevalence and risk factors for latex-related diseases among healthcare workers in an Italian General Hospital

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 184-191

  Verna, Nicola ^a   Di Giampaolo, Luca ^a   Renzetti, Annabella ^a   Balatsinou, Loukia ^a   Di Stefano, Fabio ^a   Di Gioacchino, Giorgia ^a   Di Rocco, Paola ^b   Schiavone, Cosima ^a   Boscolo, Paolo ^a   Di Gioacchino, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b Pescara Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atopy; Latex allergy; Latex gloves; Natural rubber latex; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD ALLERGY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GLOVE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATCH TEST; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; ITALY; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0038120841     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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