Latex allergen IgE assays in the assessment of Veterans Affairs health care workers

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 840-843

  Zeiss, Chester Raymond ^a,c   Kurup, Viswanath P ^b   Elms, Nancy ^b   Fink, Jordan N ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HEV B1 ALLERGEN; HEV B5 ALLERGEN; HEV B6 ALLERGEN; HEVEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX; MALAYSIAN NONAMMONIATED NATURAL RUBBER LATEX EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CAP ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENHANCED CAP ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 33745219904     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61347-6     Document Type: Article

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