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Article: Fed: Drought unlikely to ease hay fever suffering: expert
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- September 6, 2005
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AAP General News (Australia)
09-06-2005
Fed: Drought unlikely to ease hay fever suffering: expert
(EDS: Embargoed until 0001 Tuesday, September 6)
By Janelle Miles, National Medical Correspondent
BRISBANE, Sept 6 AAP - Hay fever sufferers thinking the drought will allow them to
breathe easier this spring should think again.
Immunologist Connie Katelaris says early pollen counts by Sydney's Westmead Institute
for Immunology and Allergy Research suggest the coming season will be a bad one.
"Because it's a drought year, the message I'm getting from my patients is they're all
expecting it to be a pretty mild season but it's certainly not shaping up that way," Dr
Katelaris said.
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