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Latex allergy and occupational asthma in health care workers: adverse outcomes.

The prevalence of natural rubber latex (NRL) allergy has been estimated to be 5-18% in health care workers, and latex exposure has been one of the leading causes of occupational asthma in the last several years. We present the cases of two nurses who developed sensitivity to NRL, both with dermatolo...

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Autores principales: Amr, Sania, Bollinger, Mary E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Science 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1241870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14998756