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51 Table 3.1 (continued) Pollen taxon Studied species or genus (according to the authors) Country Number of atopic patients Positive skin prick tests (%) Citation Chenopodiaceae/ Amaranthaceae Hungary 1139 10.6–15.8 Kadocsa and Juhasz (2002) Chenopodiaceae/ Amaranthaceae Chenopodium India 2568 16.3 Mandal et  al. (2008) Chenopodiaceae/ Amaranthaceae Spain 338 49.3 Alfaya Arias and Marqués Amat (2003) Corylus Hungary 1139 6.3–16.7 Kadocsa and Juhasz (2002) Corylus Switzerland 1274 46.7–47.2 Frei et  al. (1995) Corylus C. avellana Turkey 130 30.8 Erkara et  al. (2009) Cupressaceae Greece 1311 12.7 Gioulekas et  al. (2004) Cupressaceae Italy 547 13.3 Copula et  al. (2006) Cupressaceae C. sempervirens Spain 891 14.9 Barber et  al. (2008) Cupressaceae C. sempervirens Turkey 455 14.3 Sin et  al. (2008) Fraxinus F. excelsior Austria 5416 17.6 Hemmer et  al. (2006) Fraxinus Switzerland 1274 30.4–35.9 Frei et  al. (1995) Fraxinus F. americana USA 371 26.0 Lin et  al. (2002) Olea O. europaea Greece 1311 31.8 Gioulekas et  al. (2004) Olea O. europaea Portugal 371 27.5 Loureiro et  al. (2005) Olea O. europaea Spain 210 71.9 Cosmes Martín et  al. (2005) Olea O. europaea Turkey 127 15.0 Kirmaz et  al. (2005) Pinaceae Greece 1311 9.3 Gioulekas et  al. (2004) Pinaceae Pinus radiata Portugal 371 7.5 Loureiro et  al. (2005) Plantago P. lanceolata Australia 1000 15.3 Mueller et  al. (2000) Plantago Greece 1311 14.8 Gioulekas et  al. (2004) (continued) 3 Climate Change and  Pollen Allergies