Quality of life in health care workers with latex allergy

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-65

  Power, Susan ^a   Gallagher, John ^a   Meaney, Sarah ^b  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Latex allergy; Latex gloves sensitization

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77949997300     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp156     Document Type: Article

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