Prediction of airborne Alnus pollen concentration by using arima models

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-32

  Rodríguez Rajo, Francisco Javier ^a   Valencia Barrera, Rosa Maria ^b   Vega Maray, Ana María ^b   Suárez, Francisco Javier ^c   Fernández González, Della ^b   Jato, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airborne pollen; Alnus; ARIMA; Predictive models; Spain; Time series

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ALDER; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGENS; ALNUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLLEN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

ALNUS; BETULACEAE;

EID: 33746429577     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 12321966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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