Pollen counts and their relationship to meteorological factors in Ankara, Turkey during 2005-2008

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 623-631

  Kizilpinar, Ilginc ^a   Civelek, Ersoy ^a   Tuncer, Ayfer ^a   Dogan, Cahit ^a   Karabulut, Erdem ^a   Sahiner, Umit M ^a   Yavuz, S Tolga ^a   Sackesen, Cansin ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Allergy; Grass; Meteorology; Pollen; Tree; Weed

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POACEAE; POLLEN; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WEED;

ALLERGENS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT WEEDS; POACEAE; POLLEN; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; TURKEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PINACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 79960103352     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-010-0363-8     Document Type: Article

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