Hypersensitivity to pollen allergens on the Adriatic coast

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 147-154

  Cvitanović, Slavica ^a   Znaor, Ljubo ^a   Perišic, Dubravka ^a   Grbić, Dragica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b Dalmed Split   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Airborne pollens; Pollen calendar; Pollen concentrations; Reaction to allergens

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; PITTOSPORUM TOBIRA; POLLEN ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACACIA BAILEYANA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBROSIA ELATIOR; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; CISTUS MONSPELIENSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIVE TREE; PARIETARIA OFFICINALIS; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; POLLINATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; TREE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SKIN TESTS;

ACACIA; ACACIA BAILEYANA; AMBROSIA; AMBROSIA ELATIOR; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; CISTUS; CISTUS MONSPELIENSIS; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS; OLEA EUROPAEA; PARIETARIA; PARIETARIA OFFICINALIS; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PISTACIA; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; PITTOSPORUM; PITTOSPORUM TOBIRA;

EID: 3042834690     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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