Prevalence of allergy to latex gloves among dental professionals in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 345-350

  Agrawal, Anil ^a   Bhatt, Nagesh ^a   Shivlingesh, K K ^a   Singh, Karanprakash ^a   Chaudhary, Harshvardhan ^a   Asawa, Kailash ^a  

^a PACIFIC DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Allergy to latex gloves; Dental professionals; Glove use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTIST; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HAND WASHING; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; RASH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN ALLERGY; STATISTICS; SURGICAL GLOVE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTISTS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECZEMA; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INDIA; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RUBBER DAMS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954995501     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a19969     Document Type: Article

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