Selected airborne allergenic fungal spores and meteorological factors in Szczecin, Poland, 2004-2006

Aerobiologia

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-97

  Grinn Gofroń, Agnieszka ^a   Mika, Aneta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

^b Polish Physical Society   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allergenic fungal spores; Meteorological parameters; Poland; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGENICITY; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGUS SPORE; GANODERMA; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPESEED; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE;

ALTERNARIA; CLADOSPORIUM; DIDYMELLA; GANODERMA; LEPTOSPHAERIA;

EID: 43949102014     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-008-9088-0     Document Type: Article

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