Airborne pollen in Nuuk, Greenland, and the importance of meteorological parameters

Aerobiologia

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-37

  Porsbjerg, Celeste ^a   Rasmussen, Alix ^b   Backer, V ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Birch; Duration of season; Grass; Greenland; Growing Degree Hours; Meteorology; Nuuk; Pollen; Starting date

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGY; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GRASS; GREENLAND; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MODEL; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BETULACEAE; CYPERACEAE;

EID: 0037360373     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022674007985     Document Type: Article

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