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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 154, No. 2 : 190-191
Copyright © 2001 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RE: "LATEX SENSITIZATION IN HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND IN THE US GENERAL POPULATION"

Lawrence D. Budnick

Occupational Medicine Service University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey New Jersey Medical School Newark, NJ 07107–3001


   INTRODUCTION
 
The Garabrant report on latex sensitization in health care workers and in the US general population, sponsored by the Allegiance Health Care Corporation (1Go), misses an essential aspect in its discussion of the paper's relevance. Although Wartenburg and Buckler question the utility of these data to address a current public health concern, they note only in passing the fact that the data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey are 10–13 years old (2Go). This is a key issue in assessing the relative importance of latex glove sensitization . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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David H. Garabrant, H. Daniel Roth, Romain Prasad, Gui-Shuang Ying and Jay Weiss

Department of Environmental Health Sciences University of Michigan School of Public Health and University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor, MI 48109–2029
Roth and Associates Rockville, MD 20852
Department of Biostatistics University of Michigan School of Public Health Ann Arbor MI 48109
Diagnostic Products Corporation Los Angeles, CA 90045–5597


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RE: "LATEX SENSITIZATION IN HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND IN THE US GENERAL POPULATION"
Am. J. Epidemiol., July 15, 2001; 154(2): 190 - 191.
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