Quantified environmental challenge with absorbable dusting powder aerosol from natural rubber latex gloves

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 788-794

  Quirce, Santiago ^a,c   Swanson, Mark C ^b   Fernández Nieto, Mar ^a   De Las Heras, Manuel ^a   Cuesta, Javier ^a   Sastre, Joaquín ^a  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Allergy Department   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aeroallergen; Immunochemical assay; Natural rubber latex; Occupational asthma; Specific inhalation challenge

Indexed keywords

AEROALLERGEN; ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; NATURAL RUBBER LATEX; RUBBER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE IGE IMMUNOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHILIC BRONCHITIS; FEMALE; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUANTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SPECIFIC INHALATION CHALLENGE;

EID: 0242633234     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2003.166     Document Type: Article

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