Toxicological and immunological aspects of occupational latex allergy

Toxicological Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-134

  Ahmed, Syed M ^a,b   Aw, Tar Ching ^a,b   Adisesh, Anil ^c  

^a KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; LATEX; RUBBER;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; INDIVIDUALITY; INHALATION; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SKIN TEST; ALLERGY; IMMUNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE;

HUMANS; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 16544366687     PISSN: 11762551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00139709-200423020-00005     Document Type: Review

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