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After briefly reviewing quantities, qualities, origins, and applications of natural rubber latex, the economic aspects are considered from the point of view of a parallel between the price fluctuations of this commodity and the demands of medical-use gloves in the United States. Following the great boom in the market in 1987-1988, there has been a relative stabilization of the price of natural latex. The absolute necessity of using in Europe as well as in the United States rubber products that are truly hypoallergenic today and perhaps nonallergenic tomorrow requires that their quality be improved.
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Natural Rubber Technical Information Sheets. Latex Series (1977), The Malaysian Rubber Producers Research Association, Tun Abdul Razak Laboratory, Brickendonbury, Hertford SG13 8NL, England, L15.
Natural Rubber Technical Information Sheets. Latex Series (1976), The Malaysian Rubber Producers Research Association, Tun Abdul Razak Laboratory, Brickendonbury, Hertford SG13 8NL, England, L15.
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Metier, J.M. Natural latex 1991. Clinical Reviews in Allergy 11, 299–307 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02914413
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02914413