Evaluation of elution behavior and morphological change of the Cryptomeria japonica pollen grain and release of its daughter allergenic particles by air polluted rainfall

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 136, Issue , 2010, Pages 185-197

  Wang, Q ^a   Nakamura, S ^a   Gong, X ^a   Lu, S ^b   Nakajima, D ^c   Wu, D ^a   Suzuki, M ^a   Sakamoto, K ^a   Miwa, M ^d  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d Center for Environmental Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

air polluted rainfall; allergenic Cry j 1; Cryptomeria japonica pollen; fine particles; inorganic particles; yellow sand

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONIFEROUS TREE; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLEN; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

JAPAN;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS;

EID: 78149316568     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/AIR100171     Document Type: Article

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