Survey of sulfur-containing rubber accelerator levels in latex and nitrile exam gloves

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-113

  Depree, G J ^a   Bledsoe, T A ^a   Siegel, Paul D ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b Allergy and Clinical Immunology Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Exposure analysis; Rubber chemicals

Indexed keywords

LATEX; NITRILE; RUBBER; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; GLOVE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATERIALS TESTING; SCREENING; SKIN ALLERGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALLERGENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; GLOVES, SURGICAL; LATEX; NITRILES; RUBBER; SULFUR;

EID: 22844438311     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.00657.x     Document Type: Article

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