Latex Allergy in Health Care Personnel - Statistical Data Included

AORN Journal, July, 2000 by M. H. Baena De Moraes Lopes, R. Aparecida Mendes Lopes

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(29.) Ibid.

(30.) Ibid.

(31.) Ibid.

Maria Helena Baena de Moraes Lopes, RN, PhD, is an assistant professor in the nursing department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Rosimeire Aparecida Mendes Lopes, RN, is technical assistant of the nursing service of Centro de Atencao Integral a Saude da Mulher, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.