Update on medical and surgical gloves

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 434-442

  Cleenewerck, Marie Bernadette ^a   Alberola, F Toledo ^a  

^a Pôle Santé Travail ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Medical gloves; Surgical gloves

Indexed keywords

BENZOTHIAZOLE; DISULFIRAM; DITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; LATEX; RUBBER;

CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT URTICARIA; GLOVE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEUKODERMA; MEDICAL GLOVE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN IRRITATION; SURGICAL GLOVE; WRIST; ALLERGY; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; HAND DERMATOSES; IMMUNOLOGY; TIME;

DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; RUBBER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954765524     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2010.1000     Document Type: Review

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