Occupational exposure of Brazilian neonatal intensive care workers to latex antigens

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-110

  Lopes, R A M ^a   Benatti, M C C ^a   Zollner, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Latex allergy; Latex gloves; Occupational allergy; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX;

ADULT; ATOPY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; INTERVIEW; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0842330414     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1398-9995.2003.00350.x     Document Type: Review

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