Occupational allergy to latex: The magnitude of the problem and its management

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 130-135

  Bilo M B ^a   Bonifazi, Floriano ^a  

^a Allergy Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Latex; Management; Occupational allergy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMMONIA; AMMONIATED LATEX; DNA VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX; PLACEBO; RUBBER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS REACTION; DESENSITIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INHALATION TEST; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSITIZATION; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TEST; WORKPLACE;

EID: 14244273451     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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