Meteorological and agricultural effects on airborne Alternaria and Cladosporium spores and clinical aspects in Valladolid (Spain)

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-61

  Reyes, Estefanía Sánchez ^a   De La Cruz, David Rodríguez ^a   Merino, Ma Eugenia Sanchís ^b   Sánchez, José Sánchez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergy; Alternaria; Cladosporium; Crops; Meteorological factors

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FUNGUS SPORE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ALTERNARIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLADOSPORIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; SEASONS; SPAIN; SPORES, FUNGAL; TEMPERATURE;

ALTERNARIA; CLADOSPORIUM;

EID: 67650930143     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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