Latex allergy: Epidemiological study of 1351 hospital workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 335-342

  Liss, Gary M ^a,b   Sussman, Gordon L ^c   Deal, Ken ^d   Brown, Shirley ^e   Cividino, Maureen ^e   Siu, Sidney ^a   Beezhold, Donald H ^f   Smith, Gordon ^a   Swanson, Mark C ^g   Yunginger, John ^g   Douglas, Andrew ^h   Holness, D Linn ^c   Lebert, Phyllis ⁱ   Keith, Paul ⁱ   Wasserman, Susan ⁱ   Turjanmaa, Kristiina ^j  

^a Ontario Ministry of Labour   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^f GUTHRIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

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Author keywords

allergy; healthcare workers; latex

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; LATEX;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GLOVE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 8244262439     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.5.335     Document Type: Article

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