Latex allergy in health care workers

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 609-626

  Burton, Anthony D ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

CONTACT DERMATITIS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

DERMATITIS, CONTACT; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HUMANS; LATEX; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748975009     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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