Allergic contact dermatitis caused by latex (natural rubber)-free gloves in healthcare workers

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-55

  Baeck, Marie ^a   Cawet, Bénédicte ^a   Tennstedt, Dominique ^a   Goossens, An ^b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

allergic contact dermatitis; gloves; healthcare workers; natural rubber; natural rubber latex; synthetic rubber

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; FEMALE; GLOVE; HAND ECZEMA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE; PATCH TEST; RADIOLOGIST; SKIN ALLERGY; STOMATOLOGY; SURGEON;

CETYLPYRIDINIUM; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; LATEX; PATCH TESTS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84870873364     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2012.02054.x     Document Type: Article

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