Latex sensitisation in healthcare workers in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 376-382

  Tang, M B Y ^a   Leow, Y H ^a   Ng, V ^b   Koh, D ^b   Goh, C L ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Contact urticaria; Glove allergy; Latex allergy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CONTACT URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; STAFF; SYMPTOM;

EID: 22544455960     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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