A study of natural rubber latex allergens in gloves used by healthcare workers in Singapore

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 954-959

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

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Hevein proteins; Natural rubber latex allergens; Rubber gloves

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; LATEX; RUBBER;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PACKAGING; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGAPORE; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SURGICAL GLOVE;

ALLERGENS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PLANT LECTINS; PLANT PROTEINS; POWDERS; RUBBER; SINGAPORE;

EID: 27544493178     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06820.x     Document Type: Article

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