Prevalence of latex sensitization in healthy blood donors in Izmir, Turkey

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 273-275

  Kose, Sukran ^a   Mandiracioglu, Aliye ^b  

^a Social Security Hospital   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; LATEX; RUBBER; STALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALLERGY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FAINTNESS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VOLUNTEER; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SKIN TESTS; TURKEY;

EID: 2942627621     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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