Latex allergy in Polish nurses

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 413-419

  Pałczyñski, Cezary ^a   Walusiak, Jolanta ^a   Hanke, Wojciech ^a   Górski, Paweł ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atopy; Latex allergy; Nurses; Occupational exposure; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SMOKING;

EID: 17044451979     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199904)35:4<413::AID-AJIM13>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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