Quality of life in patients with latex allergy

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 88-92

  Al Otaibi, Sultan ^a   Tarlo, Susan M ^b   House, Ronald ^b,c  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allergy; Natural rubber latex; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

LATEX; RUBBER;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 15944377837     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi001     Document Type: Article

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