Airborne pollens and prevalence of pollenosis in western Liguria: A 10-year study

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 229-234

  Ariano, R ^a   Passalacqua, G ^b,d   Panzani, R ^c   Scordamaglia, A ^b   Venturi, S ^b   Zoccali, P ^b   Canonica, G W ^b  

^a Bordighera Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Laboratoire de Recherche   (France)

^d Dept of Internal Medicine ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Airborne pollens; Sensitization; Skin test

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASS; HUMAN; ITALY; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANT; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; SENSITIZATION; TREE;

AIR; ALLERGENS; FRANCE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0032880856     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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