Allergy symptoms in relation to alder and birch pollen concentrations in Finland

Aerobiologia

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-176

  Jantunen, Juha ^a   Saarinen, Kimmo ^a   Rantio Lehtimäki, Auli ^b  

^a Etela karjalan Allergia ja Ymparistoinstituutti   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allergy symptoms; Alnus; Betula; Pollen concentration; Threshold values

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; EYE DROPS; NOSE SPRAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALDER; ALDER POLLEN; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIRCH; BIRCH POLLEN; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE DISEASE; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALNUS; BETULA;

EID: 84865132269     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: 15733025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-011-9221-3     Document Type: Article

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