Relationship between numbers of birch pollen and different particle sizes of the pollen antigens (Bet v) in the air in Stockholm, Sweden

Allergology International

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-114

  Takahashi, Yuichi ^a   Sakaguchi, Masahiro ^b   Von Pfaler, Martin ^c   El Ghazaly, Gamal ^c  

^a YAMAGATA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Palynological Lab Swed Mus N H   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Airborne antigen; Antigen; Bet v; Birch pollen; Micronic particle; Pollen

Indexed keywords

BET V ANTIGEN; POLLEN EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALDER; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CROSS REACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMIDITY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MICROPORE FILTER; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 0037501240     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1592.2003.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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