Latex allergy in Bozyaka Social Security Hospital workers, Turkey

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 305-307

  Sukran, Kose ^a,b   Aliye, MandIracloĝglu ^a,b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Social Security Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Healthcare personnel; Latex alllergy

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRICK TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SKIN TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL GLOVE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; FEMALE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; TURKEY;

EID: 1542686060     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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