Latex Allergy

Children

1.	Latex Allergies National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care http://nrc.uchsc.edu/TIPS/latex.htm




2.	Creating a Safe School for Latex-Sensitive Childre American Association of Nurse Anesthetists http://www.aana.com/press/2002/041102d.asp

Clinical Trials

1.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Latex Hypersensitivity National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D020315&recruiting...

Diagnosis/Symptoms

1.	Allergy Test (RAST Test) American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/allergy/test.html

Directories

1.	Find an Allergist: Search American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology http://www.aaaai.org/physref/

Organizations

1.	American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunolog http://www.aaaai.org/




2.	Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/




3.	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Hea http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html

Overviews

1.	Tips to Remember: Latex Allergy American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology http://www.aaaai.org/patients/publicedmat/tips/latexallergy.stm




2.	Latex Allergy American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/254.xml




3.	Latex Allergies Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AA00001

Prevention/Screening

1.	Latex Allergy: A Prevention Guide National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/98-113.html

Specific Conditions

1.	Latex (Natural Rubber) Allergy in Spina Bifida Spina Bifida Association of America http://www.sbaa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=fs_latex




2.	Latex Allergy Fact Sheet for Patients with Spina B American Association of Nurse Anesthetists http://www.aana.com/press/2002/041102c.asp