Geographic and temporal variations in pollen exposure across Europe

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 913-923

  Smith, M ^a   Jager S ^a   Berger, U ^a   Sikoparija B ^b   Hallsdottir, M ^c   Sauliene, I ^d   Bergmann, K C ^e   Pashley, C H ^f   De Weger, L ^g   Majkowska Wojciechowska, B ^h   Rybnicek O ⁱ   Thibaudon, M ^j   Gehrig, R ^k   Bonini, M ^l   Yankova, R ^m   Damialis, A ^n,o   Vokou, D ^o   Gutierrez Bustillo A M ^p   Hoffmann Sommergruber, K ^a   Van Ree, R ^q  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^c ICELANDIC INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Iceland)

^d IAULIAI UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

ⁱ MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

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

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

^l Local Health Authority   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^o ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^p UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^q UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Asteraceae; Betulaceae; epidemiology; Oleaceae; Poaceae

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BIRCH; EUROPE; EXPOSURE; FOOD ALLERGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OLEACEAE; POACEAE; POLLEN; POLLEN EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAGWEED; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; CROSS REACTION; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

CROSS REACTIONS; EUROPE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 84902006968     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12419     Document Type: Article

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