Evaluating interventions aimed at reducing occupational exposure to latex and rubber glove allergens

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 925-931

  Turner, Susan ^a   McNamee, Roseanne ^a   Agius, Raymond ^a   Wilkinson, Stephen Mark ^b   Carder, Melanie ^a   Stocks, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; LATEX; RUBBER;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTACT URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLERGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RUBBER; URTICARIA;

EID: 84870060275     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-100754     Document Type: Article

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