Pollen concentrations inside private cars during the Poaceae and Artemisia spp. pollen season - A case study

Grana

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-117

  Hugg, Timo ^a,b   Valtonen, Anu ^a,c   Rantio Lehtimäki, Auli ^b  

^a Etela karjalan Allergia ja Ymparistoinstituutti   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c Finland's Environmental Administration   (Finland)

Author keywords

Betula spp.; Pinus; Pollen exposure; Pollen grain; Rotorod sampler

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; GRASS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; POLLEN; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ETELA-SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; LAPPEENRANTA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ARTEMISIA; BETULA; POACEAE;

EID: 34249825234     PISSN: 00173134     EISSN: 16512049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00173130701374551     Document Type: Article

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