Latex medical gloves: Time for a reappraisal

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 234-246

  Palosuo, Timo ^a   Antoniadou, Irini ^b   Gottrup, Finn ^c   Phillips, Peter ^d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergens; Allergy; Barrier properties; Gloves; Latex; Natural rubber latex; Prevalence; Synthetic materials

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; LATEX; PROTEIN;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MEDICAL GLOVE; NATURAL RUBBER LATEX ALLERGY; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION;

ELASTOMERS; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; POWDERS;

EID: 79959681612     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323892     Document Type: Review

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