Airborne allergenic pollen in natural areas: Hornachuelos Natural Park, Cordoba, Southern Spain

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-69

  Garcia Mozo, Herminia ^a   Dominguez Vilches, Eugenio ^a   Galan, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Allergy; Intra diurnal pattern; Meteorology; Natural areas; Pollen; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

POLLEN ANTIGEN;

AIR MONITORING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; POLLEN ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; TREE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; POLLEN; RAIN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34447118225     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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