Annals of Occupational Hygiene Advance Access originally published online on September 19, 2006
Annals of Occupational Hygiene 2006 50(7):749; doi:10.1093/annhyg/mel061
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
Alleged Allergenicity of Latex Gloves
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The Editor,
I feel that Sawyer and Bennett (2006) imply that there is something intrinsically hazardous about natural rubber latex (NRL) gloves. The evidence shows this not to be the case.
NRL gloves were used for many years in health care and laboratory work with only a rare
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