Development and validation of a 5-day-ahead hay fever forecast for patients with grass-pollen-induced allergic rhinitis

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1047-1055

  de Weger, Letty A ^a   Beerthuizen, Thijs ^a   Hiemstra, Pieter S ^a   Sont, Jacob K ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Grass pollen; Grass pollen forecast; Hay fever forecast; Multiple regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FORECASTING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POACEAE; POLLEN; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; POACEAE; POLLEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904263899     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-013-0692-5     Document Type: Article

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