Practising evidence-based occupational health in individual workers: How to deal with a latex allergy problem in a health care setting

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-6

  Monduzzi, G ^a   Franco, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Conjunctivitis; Disability evaluation; Evidence based medicine; Evidence based occupational health; Fitness for work; Intervention; Latex allergy; Professional competence; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DEVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SURGICAL GLOVE;

ADULT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OPERATING ROOM NURSING; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 14644417149     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi011     Document Type: Article

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