Quantitative trends in annual totals of five common airborne pollen types (Betula, Quercus, Poaceae, Urtica, and Artemisia), at five pollen-monitoring stations in western Europe

Aerobiologia

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 171-184

  Spieksma, F Th M ^a,e   Corden, J M ^b   Detandt, M ^c   Millington, W M ^b   Nikkels, H ^a   Nolard, N ^c   Schoenmakers, C H H ^d   Wachter, R ^e   De Weger, L A ^a   Willems, R ^d   Emberlin, J ^f  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Midlands Asthma and Allergy Research Association   (United Kingdom)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d ELKERLIEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e c/o Zur Löhnhorst 11 ^*  (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Airborne pollen; Annual totals; Trends; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIRCH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRASS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OAK; POACEAE; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; BETULA; POACEAE; QUERCUS; URTICA; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 0345827600     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AERO.0000006528.37447.15     Document Type: Article

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