Pollen aero allergens and the climate in mediterranean region and allergen sensitivity in allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and allergic asthma patients

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 102-110

  Yalcin, Arzu Didem ^a   Basaran, Saime ^b   Bisgin, Atil ^c   Polat, Hasan Huseyin ^d   Gorczynski, Reginald M ^e  

^a Antalya Training and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b Southwest Anatolia Forest Research Institute   (Turkey)

^c AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aero allergens; Allergic asthma; Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis; Climate; Mediterranean coast

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHILD; CLIMATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; POLLEN ALLERGY; POLLINATION; PRICK TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPERATURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WIND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLIMATE; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CUPRESSUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE AGED; PINUS; POLLEN; POLLINATION; RAIN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEASONS; SKIN TESTS; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876881086     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.883762     Document Type: Article

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