Workers' compensation claims related to natural rubber latex gloves among

BMC Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-8

  Horwitz, Irwin B ^a   Kammeyer Mueller, John ^b   McCall, Brian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Latex; Latex allergy; NRL gloves; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GLOVE; HAND; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OREGON; PREVALENCE; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 18744412395     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-2-21     Document Type: Article

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