Even if they represent only a small proportion of the airborne particles present in the
atmosphere, pollen grains can be causative agents of allergic responses in susceptible …

GENNARO D'AMATO, 1, 2 CAROLINA VITALE, 4 ALESSANDRO SANDUZZI, 2, 5 ANTONIO
MOLINO, 4 ALESSANDRO VATRELLA, 6 and MARIA D'AMATO41Division of Respiratory …

The increasing mobility of Europeans for business and leisure has led to a need for reliable
information about exposure to seasonal airborne allergens during travel abroad. Over the …

Pollen allergy has a remarkable clinical impact in the Mediterranean area, and there is
evidence that in this area the prevalence of allergic reactions induced by pollen is …

In the Mediterranean area there are characteristic climatic conditions (mildness of winter,
summer dryness, etc.) that facilitate the growing of a typical vegetation with production of …

The authors have mapped the occurrence of allergenic pollens throughout Italy and defined
their most common clinical symptoms. To obtain an accurate aerobiological and clinical …

Pollen-related allergies are very common in Italy and pollinosis is the commonest allergic
disease. The type of allergenic plants and the prevalence of hay fever varies among regions …

Pollen-related allergy in the European Mediterranean area Page 1 Clinical and Experimental
Allergy, 1994, Volume 24, pages 210-219 REVIEW Pollen-related allergy in the European …

Introduction Data about the occurrence of airborne pollen enables the creation of pollen
calendars with an approximation of flowering periods for the most common allergenic plant …

BACKGROUND: The determination of pollen types and their proportions in the atmosphere
of relevant urban areas have increasingly been evaluated in different regions. The final goal …