Changes to airborne pollen counts across europe

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Ziello, Chiara ^a   Sparks, Tim H ^a,b   Estrella, Nicole ^a   Belmonte, Jordina ^c   Bergmann, Karl C ^d   Bucher, Edith ^e   Brighetti, Maria Antonia ^f   Damialis, Athanasios ^g   Detandt, Monique ^h   Galán, Carmen ⁱ   Gehrig, Regula ^j   Grewling, Lukasz ^k   Bustillo, Adela M ^l   Hallsdóttir, Margrét ^m   Kockhans Bieda, Marie Claire ⁿ   Linares, de Concepción ^c   Myszkowska, Dorota ^o   Pàldy, Anna ^p   Sánchez, Adriana ^a   Smith, Matthew ^q   Thibaudon, Michel ^r   Travaglini, Alessandro ^f   Uruska, Agnieszka ^s   Valencia Barrera, Rosa M ^t   Vokou, Despoina ^g   Wachter, Reinhard ^u   Weger, Letty A de ^v   Menzel, Annette ^a   more..

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e Laboratorio Biologico   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^g ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^h SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^j FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^k ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^l UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^m ICELANDIC INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Iceland)

ⁿ CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^o JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^p NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

^q UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^r European Aerobiology Society and Réseau National de Surveillance Aérobiologique   (France)

^s UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^t UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^u Polleninformationsdienst Deutschland ^*  (Germany)

^v LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ALLERGEN;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE POLLEN; AMARANTHACEAE; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPRESSACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUROPE; POLLEN ANALYSIS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHY; POLLEN;

ALLERGENS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; POLLEN;

EID: 84859710760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034076     Document Type: Article

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