Airborne ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) pollen content in the city of Zagreb and implications on pollen allergy

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-130

  Peternel, Renata ^a   Milanović, Sanja Musić ^b   Srnec, Lidija ^c  

^a Polytechnic College Velika Gorica   (Croatia)

^b CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^c METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Pollen allergy; Ragweed; Skin prick test; Volumetric method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CROATIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; RAGWEED POLLEN; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBROSIA; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLEN; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEASONS; SKIN TESTS;

AMBROSIA; AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA; ARTEMISIA;

EID: 46349086694     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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