Association between first airborne cedar pollen level peak and pollinosis symptom onset: A web-based survey

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 104-113

  Bando, Harumi ^a   Sugiura, Hiroaki ^a   Ohkusa, Yasushi ^b   Akahane, Manabu ^a   Sano, Tomomi ^c   Jojima, Noriko ^a   Okabe, Nobuhiko ^b   Imamura, Tomoaki ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Kansai Airport Quarantine Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

cedar; pollinosis; population surveillance; seasonal allergic rhinitis; web based survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; JAPANESE CEDAR; MALE; OCULAR PRURITUS; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; RHINORRHEA; SNEEZING; SPRING; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TIME; AGED; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEASON; YOUNG ADULT;

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOMERIA; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919495535     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2014.903904     Document Type: Article

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