Ambrosia artemisiifolia (ragweed) in Germany. Current presence, allergologic relevance and containment procedure;Ambrosia artemisiifolia (Traubenkraut) in Deutschland -aktuelles vorkommen, allergologische bedeutung und maßnahmen zur eingrenzung

Allergo Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 18-30

  Buters, Jeroen T M ^a,b   Alberternst, Beate ^c   Nawrath, Stefan ^c   Wimmer, Maria ^a,b   Traidl Hoffmann, Claudia ^a,b,d   Starfinger, Uwe ^e   Behrendt, Heidrun ^a,b   Schmidt Weber, Carsten ^a   Bergmann, Karl Christian ^f  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Christine Kühne Center for Allergy Research and Education CK CARE   (Switzerland)

^c Arbeitsgruppe Biodiversität und Landschaftsökologie   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^f Stiftung Deutscher Polleninformationsdienst   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA; ARTICLE; GERMANY;

EID: 84938379819     PISSN: 09418849     EISSN: 21956405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15007-015-0850-7     Document Type: Article

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