Seasonal variations of airborne pollen in Allahabad, India

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 287-293

  Sahney, Manju ^a   Chaurasia, Swati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Airborne pollen grains; Allahabad (India); Holoptelea integrifolia; Meteorological parameters; Pollen season

Indexed keywords

AEGLE; AIR ANALYSIS; AMARANTHACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; GOOSEFOOT; GRASS POLLEN; INDIA; POACEAE; POLLEN; POLLEN ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREE;

AIR; ALLERGENS; INDIA; POACEAE; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

AEGLE MARMELOS; AILANTHUS; ALNUS; ASTERACEAE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BRASSICA; HOLOPTELEA INTEGRIFOLIA; MADHUCA LONGIFOLIA; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS; POACEAE; PUTRANJIVA ROXBURGHII; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SYZYGIUM CUMINI;

EID: 57449094203     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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