Latex allergy

American Family Physician

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Pollart, Susan M ^a   Warniment, Crista ^b   Mori, Takahiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LATEX;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT DERMATITIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN TEST; SPINA BIFIDA; URTICARIA; ARTICLE; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL GLOVE;

DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 74049114246     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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