Silver birch (Betula pendula) pollen and human health: Problems for an exotic tree in New Zealand

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 133-137

  Spellerberg, Ian F ^a   Eriksson, Nils E ^b   Crump, Vincent St A ^c  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Auckland Clinical Studies   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allergies; Human health problems; Silver birch pollen

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTOR;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

BETULA PENDULA;

EID: 33745540916     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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