Trends in prevalence of allergic rhinitis and correlation with pollen counts in Switzerland

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 841-847

  Frei, Thomas ^a   Gassner, Ewald ^b  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Climate change; Pollen counts; Time trend

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

AIR POLLUTION; HUMANS; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SWITZERLAND;

AMBROSIA; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 54349097219     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-008-0178-z     Document Type: Article

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