Latex allergen sensitization and risk factors due to glove use by health care workers at public health units in Florianopolis, Brazil

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-33

  Buss, Z S ^a   Fröde, Tânia Silvia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Latex allergy; Latex IgE antibody levels; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX;

ADULT; AIR; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FRUIT; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; POWDER; PRICK TEST; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIZATION; SEROLOGY; SKIN TEST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33847149298     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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