Accurate prediction of severe allergic reactions by a small set of environmental parameters (NDVI, temperature)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Notas, George ^a   Bariotakis, Michail ^b   Kalogrias, Vaios ^b   Andrianaki, Maria ^a   Azariadis, Kalliopi ^a   Kampouri, Errika ^a   Theodoropoulou, Katerina ^a   Lavrentaki, Katerina ^a   Kastrinakis, Stelios ^c   Kampa, Marilena ^a   Agouridakis, Panagiotis ^a   Pirintsos, Stergios ^b   Castanas, Elias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c Chania General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GREECE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; URTICARIA; VEGETATION; WIND; ADVERSE EFFECTS; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; PLANT; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREECE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84925596856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121475     Document Type: Article

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