Pollen Modelling in Patients with Atopic Respiratory Symptoms in the Alentejo R...

• Autor(es): Afonso, F. ; Caeiro, E. ; Brandao, R. M. ; Lopes, M.L. ; Oliveira, M.M.
• Data: 2012
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/7362
• Origem: Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora
• Assunto(s): pollen; allergy; south portugal; parametros respiratórios; Statistical Models
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo
• Idioma: Português

Descrição

The syrnptorns of pollen allergy by patients with pollinosis are the target of this study. Patients are frorn the region of Évora, and clinical data were collected at the Hospital of the Holy Spirit in Évora. The data collected is related to the years 2001-2007 for the rnonths of March to June. The syrnptorns exhibited by patients, whose condition was deterrnined by allergological test, were daily recorded over the sarne period. The series on pollen data was constructed based on daily records for the sarne period in the collection station of Évora integrated in the Portuguese Aerobi¬ology Network (RPA). The data obtained allowed to characterize the patients sarnple, the pollen rnap in Évora region. The relationships between syrnptorns, clinical picture and concentration of pollen in the atrnosphere were also questioned.