Latex Allergy Literature Review: Evidence for Making Military Treatment Facilities Latex Safe
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Review of latex allergy.
BACKGROUND Allergy to latex has become an increasing concern to many patients and health care providers. Health care providers should become aware of this problem and develop strategies for treatment and prevention. METHODS We searched MEDLINE from 1990 to 1998 for the topics of latex allergy using the key words "latex" and "allergy." Other sources were found from back-referencing these refer...
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عنوان ژورنال: Military Medicine
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0026-4075,1930-613X
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/166.9.764