Aerobiological and allergenic analysis of Cupressaceae pollen in Granada (Southern Spain)

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-33

  Diaz De La Guardia C ^a   Alba, F ^a   De Linares, C ^a   Nieto Lugilde, D ^a   Lopez Caballero J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Alergomedic   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Allergy; Cupressaceae pollen; Predictive models; Southern Spain

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPRESSACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLLEN ALLERGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ANTIGENS, PLANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUPRESSACEAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEASONS; SPAIN;

EID: 33646471266     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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