Survey of awareness and current state of latex allergy among all health care workers at a university hospital

Japanese Journal of Allergology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 659-668

  Kano, Hisao ^a   Yagami, Akiko ^a   Suzuki, Kayoko ^a   Akita, Hirotaka ^a   Akamatsu, Hirohiko ^a   Matsunaga, Kayoko ^a   Ono, Yuichirou ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health care worker; Latex allergy; Skin prick test; Use test

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; RUBBER;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATTITUDE; BIOASSAY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HAND ECZEMA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ASSAY; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRICK TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SKIN TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; USE TEST;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; JAPAN; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 4243162132     PISSN: 00214884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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