The start of the birch pollen season in Finnish Lapland: Separating non-local from local birch pollen and the implication for allergy sufferers

Grana

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 181-186

  Oikonen, Mervi K ^a   Hicks, Sheila ^b   Heino, Saini ^a   Rantio Lehtimäki, Auli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLLEN;

BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA;

EID: 27744444813     PISSN: 00173134     EISSN: 16512049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00173130510010602     Document Type: Article

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