An epidemiological survey of Cupressaceae pollenosis in Italy

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 287-292

  Ariano, Renato ^a,q   Antico, A ^b   Di Lorenzo, G ^c   Artesani, M C ^d   Bagnato, G ^e   Bonadonna, P ^f   Bossi, A ^g   Bucher, E ^h   Calabrese, R ⁱ   Campi, P ^j   Corsico, R ^r   Dama, A ^f   Del Giacco, S ^k   Domeneghetti, M P ^l   Gangemi, S ^e   Isola, S ^e   Piu, G ^m   Pugliese, S ⁿ   D'Ambrosio, F Purello ^e   Pronzato, C ^r   Manfredi, M ^j   Moscato, G ^g   Onorari, M ^l   Romano, A ^d   Senna, G ^f   Troise C ^o   Vannucci, F ^p   Vinciguerra, F ⁿ   Venuti, A ^d   Voltolini, S ^o   more..

^a Ospedale di Bordighera   (Italy)

^b Asola Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^g IRCCS   (Italy)

^h APPA Bolzano   (Italy)

ⁱ Allergology Service   (Italy)

^j Ospedale S Giovanni di Dio   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^l Dipto Provinciale ARPAT di Pistoia   (Italy)

^m BROTZU HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁿ Bios sas   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^p Ospedale Civile di Pistoia   (Italy)

^q ASL n 1 Imperiese Osp B   (Italy)

^r NONE

more..

Author keywords

Cupressaceae; Emerging pollen; Epidemiological survey; Pollen; Pollen counts

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CUPRESSACEAE ALLERGEN; CUPRESSUS ARIZONICA ALLERGEN; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS ALLERGEN; JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CUPRESSACEAE; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; RHINITIS; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

CUPRESSACEAE; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PATCH TESTS; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0038511934     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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