A Review of Natural-Rubber Latex Allergy in Health Care Workers

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 252-256

  Ranta, Peter M ^a   Ownby, Dennis R ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; LATEX; RUBBER;

ALLERGY; ANAMNESIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATCH TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ALLERGENS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 1642456566     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380789     Document Type: Review

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