Natural rubber latex allergy in a health-care population in Wales

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 737-740

  Chowdhury, M M U ^a   Statham, B N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care workers; IgE RAST; Natural rubber latex; Skin prick test; Type 1 allergy; Wales

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; RUBBER;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GLOVE; HAND ECZEMA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TEST; UNITED KINGDOM;

GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SKIN TESTS; WALES;

EID: 0038240078     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05114.x     Document Type: Article

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