The German experience 10 years after the latex allergy epidemic: Need for further preventive measures in healthcare employees with latex allergy

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 895-903

  Merget, Rolf ^a   Van Kampen, V ^a   Sucker, K ^a   Heinze, E ^a   Taeger, D ^a   Goldscheid, N ^a   Haufs, M G ^a   Raulf Heimsoth, M ^a   Kromark, K ^b   Nienhaus, A ^b   Bruening, T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b BGW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Healthcare; Latex; Occupational; Prevention

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN TEST; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 78649333686     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-010-0533-3     Document Type: Article

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