Allergic contact urticaria from natural rubber latex in healthcare and non-healthcare workers

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 222-224

  Valks, Ruud ^a,c   Conde Salazar, Luis ^a   Cuevas, Manuela ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c Ciudad Universitaria ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergic contact urticaria; Healthcare workers; Non healthcare workers; Occupational; Prick test; Sensitization to NRL

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NATURAL RUBBER LATEX; RUBBER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD HANDLING; FRUIT; HAIRDRESSER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PAINTER; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION; URTICARIA;

DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTRADERMAL TESTS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; URTICARIA;

EID: 3042598391     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2004.00327.x     Document Type: Article

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