Bridging allergologic and botanical knowledge in seasonal allergy: A role for phenology

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 223-227

  Frenguelli, Giuseppe ^a   Passalacqua, Giovanni ^b   Bonini, Sergio ^c   Fiocchi, Alessandro ^d   Incorvaia, Cristoforo ^e   Marcucci, Francesco ^f   Tedeschini, Emma ^a   Canonica, Giorgio Walter ^b   Frati, Franco ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Melloni University Hospital   (Italy)

^e ICP Hospital   (Italy)

^f Institute of Pediatrics   (Italy)

^g Medical and Scientific Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BARREN BROME; BLACK GRASS; BULBOUS MEADOW GRASS; COMMON WILD OAT; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FLOWERING; GRASS; GRASS POLLEN; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS; NONHUMAN; OAT; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PHENOLOGY; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POA; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEREOMICROSCOPY; SWEET VERNAL GRASS; TALL FESCUE; YORKSHIRE FOG;

ALLERGENS; BOTANY; FLOWERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; ITALY; POACEAE; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEASONS;

EID: 77956153841     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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