Latex hypersensitivity in Department of Veterans Affairs health care workers: Glove use, symptoms, and sensitization

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 539-545

  Zeiss, C Raymond ^a,b   Gomaa, Ahmed ^c   Murphy, Frances M ^a   Weissman, David N ^c   Hodgson, Michael ^a   Foster, Diane ^d   Dejativongse, Sang ^a   Colella, Kathleen ^a   Kestenberg, Karen ^c   Kurup, Viswanath P ^d,e   Bush, Robert K ^f   Chiu, Asriani M ^d,e   Kelly, Kevin J ^e,g   Fink, Jordan N ^d,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 9144249075     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61531-1     Document Type: Article

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