Latex allergy: New insights to explain different sensitization profiles in different risk groups

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 132-136

  Peixinho, C ^a   Tavares Ratado, P ^a,b   Tomas M R ^c   Taborda Barata, L ^a,d   Tomaz, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b Hospital de Sousa Martins   (Portugal)

^c Guarda Healthcare Centre   (Portugal)

^d Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Allergen content; Health care workers; Latex allergy; Latex gloves; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HEV B1 ALLERGEN; HEV B3 ALLERGEN; HEV B5 ALLERGEN; HEV B6.01 ALLERGEN; LATEX;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SURGICAL GLOVE;

GLOVES, SURGICAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 45749132947     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08614.x     Document Type: Article

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