The effects of air pollution on structures, proteins and allergenicity of pollen grains

Aerobiologia

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-118

  Majd, Ahmad ^a   Chehregani, Abdolkarim ^b   Moin, Mostafa ^c   Gholami, Mansour ^b   Kohno, Shigekatsu ^d   Nabe, Takeshi ^d   Shariatzade, M A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

air pollution; allergen; allergy; electron microscopy; pollen; proteins

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN EXTRACT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGENICITY; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLLEN ALLERGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

ANIMALIA; CANNA INDICA;

EID: 3142671305     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AERO.0000032950.12169.38     Document Type: Article

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