Airborne birch and oak pollen grains and birch pollen allergens at a common sampling station in Stockholm

Grana

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 104-107

  Holmquist, Leif ^a   Ekebom, Agneta ^a   Kübler, Kerstin Alm ^a   Vesterberg, Olof ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

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EID: 20644471857     PISSN: 00173134     EISSN: 16512049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00173130510031636     Document Type: Article

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