Latex allergy and occupational asthma in healh care workers: Adverse outcomes

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 378-381

  Amr, Sania ^a   Bollinger, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Glutaraldehyde; Health care; Latex; Occupation; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; IRRITANT AGENT; LATEX; RUBBER;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEROLOGY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TEST; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 1542581579     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6612     Document Type: Article

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