Pollen Allergy in a Changing World : A Guide to Scientific Understanding and Clinical Practice

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Author(s):	Oh, Jae-Won
ISBN No.:	9789811338557
Pages:	xiii, 181
Year:	201901
Format:	Trade Paper
Price:	$ 165.59
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I. Introduction.- 1. What is an allergy'.- 2. Why doses a person become allergic'.- 3. Factors influencing clinical significance of aeroallergens.

- 4. The importance of pollen counts.- 5. Why collect and identify pollens'.- II. Pollen collection.- 1. Purpose of standardized air sampling.

- 2. Samplers.- 3. Pollen Sampling Methods.- 4. Operation.- III. Pollen identification.

- 1. The appearance of airborne grass pollen grains.- 2. Other airborne pollen grains.- IV. Allergenic pollen images.- 1. Single grains (Monads) without apertures.

- 2. Single grains with furrows.- 3. Single grain with apertures.- V. Classification of Allergenic plants.- 1. Anatomy of plant.

- 2. Taxonomy.- VI. Pollen allergy and meteorological factors.- 1. Effects of weather on allergen load and pollen potency.- 2. Pollen calendars.

- 3. Effects of weather on pollen flight.- 4. Forecast the pollen concentration.- VII. How does climate change influence allergenic pollen'.- 1. Thunderstorm-related asthma.

- 2. Mechanisms for thunderstorm asthma.- VIII. How to diagnose the pollen allergy.- 1. Skin Prick Test.- 2. Intradermal Skin Test.

- 3. Allergy Blood Tests.- IX. How to treat and prevent the pollen allergy.

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