Thirty-year survey on airborne pollen concentrations in Genoa, Italy: Relationship with sensitizations, meteorological data, and air pollution

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Negrini, Arsenio Corrado ^a   Negrini, Simone ^a   Giunta, Vania ^b   Quaglini, Silvana ^b   Ciprandi, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BETULACEAE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN; ITALY; METEOROLOGY; OLEACEAE; POACEAE; POLLEN; SENSITIZATION; TEMPERATURE; URTICACEAE;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGENS; BETULACEAE; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; ITALY; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; OLEACEAE; POACEAE; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; TIME FACTORS; URTICACEAE;

EID: 84455181526     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2011.25.3729     Document Type: Article

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