Regional importance of Alnus pollen as an aeroallergen: A comparative study of Alnus pollen counts from Worcester (UK) and Poznań (Poland)

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 123-128

  Smith, Matt ^a,b   Emberlin, Jean ^a   Stach, Alicja ^b   Czarnecka Operacz, Magdalena ^c   Jenerowicz, Dorota ^c   Silny, Wojciech ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allergen specific IgE measurements; Alnus pollen; CAP (Pharmacia) system; Pozna ; Skin prick tests; Worcester

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALDER; ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; POLAND; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALLERGENS; ALNUS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTRADERMAL TESTS; POLAND; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEASONS;

ALNUS;

EID: 34447128195     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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