Using meteorologic data to predict daily ragweed pollen levels

Aerobiologia

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 177-184

  Stark, Paul C ^a,d   Ryan, Louise M ^a,b   McDonald, James L ^c   Burge, Harriet A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Massachusetts General Hospital ^*  (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Meteorology; Poisson regression; Ragweed pollen

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAY FEVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAGWEED POLLEN; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030752054     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02694505     Document Type: Article

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