Latex allergy: A follow up study of 1040 healthcare workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-125

  Filon, F Larese ^a   Radman, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX; RUBBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CONTACT URTICARIA; DERMATITIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RHINITIS; SENSITIZATION; SKIN ALLERGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HUMANS; ITALY; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; POWDERS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 31544448270     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.011460     Document Type: Article

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