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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 153, No. 6 : 523-526
Copyright © 2001 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Invited Commentary: Assessing Latex Sensitization Using Data from NHANES III

Daniel Wartenberg1 and Gail Buckler2

1 Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ.
2 Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ.

Abbreviations: IgE; immunoglobulin E; NHANES III; Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.


   INTRODUCTION
 
Natural latex rubber is a substance commonly used for making gloves to protect health care workers from infections and other hazards. While gloves mediate one extremely high risk by creating a barrier between health care workers and infectious agents, some argue that the occurrence of sensitization and allergic response from the use of these gloves has created an important occupational health concern (1Go). Consequences of this sensitization and allergic response, in addition to the direct health risks, include job reassignment and disability and may result in compensation claims. It is from this context that Garabrant et al. (2Go), in their article in this issue of the Journal, assess whether latex sensitization (or allergic response) is more common among health care workers than among the general population by using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) data (3Go). Specifically, they question whether or not this . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   USING LARGE, PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATABASES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH
 

   RESULTS OF GARABRANT ET AL. (2Go)
 

   SUMMARY
 

   ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
 

   NOTES
 

   REFERENCES
 

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