The effects of climate and aero allergens changes in allergic rhino conjunctivitis and allergic asthma patients in Mediterranean region between 2011 and 2012

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 710-711

  Yalcin, Arzu Didem ^a,b   Basaran, Saime ^c  

^a GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b ANTALYA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Southwest Anatolia Forest Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aero allergens; Allergic asthma; Allergic rhino conjunctivitis; Climate; Mediterranean coast; Monthly clinical visits

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; RAIN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; BUILDING MATERIAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LETTER; POLLEN ALLERGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

ASTHMA; CLIMATE; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; HUMANS; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TURKEY; WIND;

EID: 84883331154     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889304     Document Type: Letter

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