منابع مشابه
Occupational asthma due to latex in health care workers.
Immediate hypersensitivity reactions ranging from mild urticaria to life threatening anaphylaxis after exposure to natural rubber latex have been reported frequently in health care workers while occupational asthma due to latex exposure is less well studied. The results of specific challenge tests and immunological tests in four health care workers with work related respiratory and skin disorde...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1076-2752
DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000000006