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Pollen calendars and maps of allergenic pollen in North America
Pollen is a common allergen that causes significant health and financial impacts on up to a third of the population of the USA. Knowledge of the main pollen season can improve diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases. Our objective in this study is to provide clear, quantitative visualizations o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6934246/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31929678 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10453-019-09601-2 |
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author | Lo, Fiona Bitz, Cecilia M. Battisti, David S. Hess, Jeremy J. |
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description | Pollen is a common allergen that causes significant health and financial impacts on up to a third of the population of the USA. Knowledge of the main pollen season can improve diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases. Our objective in this study is to provide clear, quantitative visualizations of pollen data and make information accessible to many disciplines, in particular to allergy sufferers and those in the health field. We use data from 31 National Allergy Bureau (NAB) pollen stations in the continental USA and Canada from 2003 to 2017 to produce pollen calendars. We present pollen season metrics relevant to health and describe main pollen season start and end dates, durations, and annual pollen integrals for specific pollen taxa. In most locations, a small number of taxa constitute the bulk of the total pollen concentration. Start dates for tree and grass pollen season depend strongly on latitude, with earlier start dates at lower latitudes. Season duration is correlated with the start dates, such that locations with earlier start dates have a longer season. NAB pollen data have limited spatiotemporal coverage. Increased spatiotemporal monitoring will improve analysis and understanding of factors that govern airborne pollen concentrations. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s10453-019-09601-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-69342462020-01-09 Pollen calendars and maps of allergenic pollen in North America Lo, Fiona Bitz, Cecilia M. Battisti, David S. Hess, Jeremy J. Aerobiologia (Bologna) Original Paper Pollen is a common allergen that causes significant health and financial impacts on up to a third of the population of the USA. Knowledge of the main pollen season can improve diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases. Our objective in this study is to provide clear, quantitative visualizations of pollen data and make information accessible to many disciplines, in particular to allergy sufferers and those in the health field. We use data from 31 National Allergy Bureau (NAB) pollen stations in the continental USA and Canada from 2003 to 2017 to produce pollen calendars. We present pollen season metrics relevant to health and describe main pollen season start and end dates, durations, and annual pollen integrals for specific pollen taxa. In most locations, a small number of taxa constitute the bulk of the total pollen concentration. Start dates for tree and grass pollen season depend strongly on latitude, with earlier start dates at lower latitudes. Season duration is correlated with the start dates, such that locations with earlier start dates have a longer season. NAB pollen data have limited spatiotemporal coverage. Increased spatiotemporal monitoring will improve analysis and understanding of factors that govern airborne pollen concentrations. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s10453-019-09601-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer Netherlands 2019-07-17 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6934246/ /pubmed/31929678 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10453-019-09601-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Lo, Fiona Bitz, Cecilia M. Battisti, David S. Hess, Jeremy J. Pollen calendars and maps of allergenic pollen in North America |
title | Pollen calendars and maps of allergenic pollen in North America |
title_full | Pollen calendars and maps of allergenic pollen in North America |
title_fullStr | Pollen calendars and maps of allergenic pollen in North America |
title_full_unstemmed | Pollen calendars and maps of allergenic pollen in North America |
title_short | Pollen calendars and maps of allergenic pollen in North America |
title_sort | pollen calendars and maps of allergenic pollen in north america |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6934246/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31929678 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10453-019-09601-2 |
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