Characterization of pollen dispersion in the neighborhood of Tokyo, Japan in the spring of 2005 and 2006

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-85

  Ishibashi, Yoshinaga ^a   Ohno, Hideki ^a   Oh ishi, Shuji ^b   Matsuoka, Takeshi ^b   Kizaki, Takako ^a   Yoshizumi, Kunio ^c  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYORITSU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Indoor; Japanese cedar; Japanese cypress; Outdoor; Pollen dispersion

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHAMAECYPARIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; JAPAN; JAPANESE CEDAR; MEDICAL SCHOOL; POLLEN; SPRING; URBAN AREA;

CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; CUPRESSUS;

EID: 41649104721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph5020076     Document Type: Article

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