Adverse reaction to latex containing materials in health care workers

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-50

  Pouryaghoub, Gholamreza ^a   Mehrdad, R ^a   Mazhari, M M ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Latex allergy; Latex gloves; Natural rubber latex

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ADULT; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLISTER; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; DYSPNEA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GLOVE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OPERATING ROOM; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN PRURITUS; SNEEZING; URTICARIA; WARD;

EID: 44849086112     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 00446025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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