Mold allergy in the Mediterranean island of Crete, Greece: A 10-year volumetric, aerobiological study with dermal sensitization correlations

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 354-362

  Gonianakis, Michael I ^a,b   Neonakis, Ioannis K ^a,b   Gonianakis, Ioannis M ^a,b   Baritaki, Maria A ^a,b   Bouros, Demosthenis ^a,c   Potamias, George ^a,d   Kontou Fili, Kalliopi S ^a  

^a Heraklion Aerobiology Group ^*  (Greece)

^b Heraklion Aerobiology Group   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^d KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; GREECE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNGI; GREECE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SKIN TESTS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 33750301062     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/aap.2006.27.2918     Document Type: Article

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