Latex allergy: State of the art;Latexallergie: Aktuelle bestandsaufnahme

Aktuelle Dermatologie

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 176-184

  Raulf Heimsoth, M ^a,b   Sander, I ^a   Rihs, H P ^a   Merget, R ^a   Bruning T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX; RUBBER;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GERMANY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY;

EID: 0038512479     PISSN: 03402541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39683     Document Type: Article

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