Latex allergy prevalence and atopy in 1300 health care workers;Allergia a lattice ed atopia in un gruppo di operatori della sanità

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 478-482

  Proietti, Lidia ^a,b   Gueli, Gaetano ^a   Rocca, Giandomenico La ^a   Bonanno, Gianluca ^a   Vasta, Nunziatina ^a   Bella, Rosaria ^a   Barbagallo, Sebastian ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Patologie Sistemiche   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atopy; Latex allergy

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; ITALY; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 28744455190     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: 00341193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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