1. Dear Colleague

   • Paolo Mandrioli

   EditorialNotes Pages: 4 - 4

2. Allergological aerobiology

   • Frits Th. M. Spieksma

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 8

3. Pollens as allergens

   • Arsenio Corrado Negrini

   OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 15

4. Ragweed presence in Trieste: clinical and aerobiological data

   • Marialuisa Pizzulin Sauli
   • Loredana Rizzi Longo
   • Francesca Larese Filon

   OriginalPaper Pages: 16 - 20

5. Results of three years of aerobiological sampling in the atmosphere of Busto Arsizio

   • Pierlorenzo Pozzi
   • Pietro Zanon
   • Elena Chiodini

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 26

6. Ragweed evidence in Brianza (a hilly area North to Milan)

   • Giuseppe Piazza
   • Guglielmo Marco Migliorino
   • Fabrizio Della Torre

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 30

7. Ragweed pollen sampling in Gallarate (North-West of Milan) during four years (1987–1990)

   • Giuseppe Albasser

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 33

8. Evaluation of the age of onset of respiratory allergic symptomatology

   • Gennaro Liccardi
   • Gaetano Lobefalo
   • Gennaro D'Amato

   OriginalPaper Pages: 34 - 37

9. Pollinosis in trentino (Northern Italy). Aerobiological and clinical research

   • Mario Prandini
   • Gemma Gherson
   • Silvia Conci

   OriginalPaper Pages: 38 - 45

10. Asthma induced by house dust mites: benefits resulting from a correct environmental hygienization

    • Carlo Biale
    • Paola Baiardi
    • Alessandro Pisati

    OriginalPaper Pages: 46 - 51

11. Study on major mite allergens in Italian homes

    • Domingo Barber
    • Fernando Juan
    • Silvia Pecora

    OriginalPaper Pages: 52 - 56

12. Radon in dwellings: The importance of ventilation

    • Alberto Malanca
    • Francesca Cassoni
    • Valerio Pessina

    OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 61

13. Exposure to p-phenylendiamine in hairdressing parlours

    • Gianluigi Discalzi
    • Francesco Furno
    • Jacqueline Mavro

    OriginalPaper Pages: 62 - 68

14. Estimate and mapping of the activity of airborne pollen sources

    • Giovanna Puppi Branzi
    • Anna Letizia Zanotti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 74

15. Forecasting flowering dates of lawn species with air temperature: Application boundaries of the linear approach

    • Vittorio Marletto
    • Giovanna Puppi Branzi
    • Maurizio Sirotti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 83

16. Aerial diffusion of phytopathogenic fungi

    • Giberto Govi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 84 - 93

17. Aerobiology in plant protection

    • Ivan Ponti
    • Patrizia Cavanni

    OriginalPaper Pages: 94 - 101

18. Forest damage and environmental monitoring

    • Romano Gellini
    • Filippo Bussotti
    • Paolo Grossoni

    OriginalPaper Pages: 102 - 108

19. Aero-and bryopalynological evidence of widespread Prunoideae and Maloideae orchards in Vignola (Modena, Northern Italy)

    • Anna Maria Mercuri
    • Loretta Venturi
    • Carla Alberta Accorsi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 114

20. Bio-indicators in the monitoring of environmental pollution

    • Giorgio Celli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 121

21. Bees, honey, larvae and pollen in biomonitoring of atmospheric pollution

    • Vincenzo Balestra
    • Giorgio Celli
    • Claudio Porrini

    OriginalPaper Pages: 122 - 126

22. Environmental alteration and allergophytes

    • Livio Poldini

    OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 132

23. Re-planning the layout of an inner city park by planting species with a low allergological impact

    • Rosanna Caramiello
    • Angiolina Potenza
    • Paolo Miglietta

    OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 140

24. Comparative study about airborne spores in Cagliari and Perugia

    • Mauro Ballero
    • Nicoletta de Gioannis
    • Giuseppina Goretti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 147

25. Pollen deposition in country villages of Eastern Liguria (Northern Italy)

    • Maria Angela Montanari Guido
    • Carlo Montanari
    • Giuseppina Poggi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 148 - 156

26. About a rare case of intolerance toVicia faba in a non G-6-PD deficient subject

    • Giuseppe Vargiu
    • Arnoldo Vargiu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 158

27. Rapid availability of theophilline plasma concentration in office practice (out-patients)

    • Daniela Cagnetti
    • Cristina Cinti
    • Vittorio Capecchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 162

28. Respiratory gas monitoring in patients with chronic respiratory failure during intensive positive pressure ventilation vs aerosol therapy

    • Marzio Zennaro
    • Marco Greco
    • Gisberto Fumagalli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 174

29. Aerobiological Bibliography: 313–362

    • Carla Alberta Accorsi
    • Marta Bandini Mazzanti
    • Luisa Forlani

    Legacy Pages: 175 - 177

30. News

    News Pages: 180 - 182

31. Upcoming meetings

    Announcement Pages: 183 - 185

32. Errata corrige

    Erratum Pages: 188INS1 - 188INS1

33. Flora Palinologica Italiana, Sezione Aeropalinologica-Specie esotiche S229:Thuja orientalis L. (Cupressaceae); S230:Cryptomeria japonica (L. fil.) D. Don (Taxodiaceae)

    • Rosanna Caramiello
    • Elena Comino
    • Consolata Siniscalco

    OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 203