Quantification of airborne birch (Betula sp.) pollen grains and allergens in Krakow

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-174

  Madeja, Jacek ^a   Wypasek, Ewa ^a   Plytycz, Barbara ^a   Sarapata, Krzysztof ^a   Harmata, Krystyna ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Betula; Birch allergens; Immunodetection; Pollen allergen release; Pollen allergy; Pollen traps

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

AIR MONITORING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BIRCH; IMMUNODETECTION; POLAND; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; POLLEN ANALYSIS; RADIODENSITOMETRY;

ALLERGENS; BETULA; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; POLAND; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEASONS;

EID: 23044441403     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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