Amaranthaceae pollen grains in the atmospheric air in selected Polish cities in 2022 Original article

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Published: Dec 31, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.184131222
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pollen concentration, risk of allergy, Amaranthaceae, 2022

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Aneta Sulborska-Różycka
Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7720-0719
Elżbieta Weryszko-Chmielewska
Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8410-2757
Monika Ziemianin
Department of Clinical and Environmental Allergology, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4568-8710
Małgorzata Puc
Institute of Marine & Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6734-9352
Grzegorz Siergiejko
Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Allergology Department, University Children Hospital, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4084-8332
Anna Rapiejko
Allergen Research Center, Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8906-2405
Małgorzata Malkiewicz
Laboratory of Paleobotany, Department of Stratigraphical Geology, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6768-7968
Dariusz Jurkiewicz
Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery in Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3729-2679
Agnieszka Lipiec
Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards, Allergology and Immunology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3037-2326

Abstract

In 2022, the concentration of airborne Amaranthaceae pollen was investigated in 10 Polish cities: Bialystok, Bydgoszcz, Cracow, Lublin, Olsztyn, Opole, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Szczecin, Warsaw, and Wroclaw. The volumetric method based on the use of Hirst pollen samplers was employed. The pollen season was determined with the 98% method. It was found that the Amaranthaceae pollen season started between June 17th and June 28th and ended between September 8th and September 25th. The maximum daily concentrations of the pollen of this taxon in the air of the examined cities were recorded between July 3rd and August 31st, with the highest values detected in Opole and Piotrkow Trybunalski and the lowest values recorded in Bialystok and Olsztyn. The annual Amaranthaceae pollen sum had highest value in Bydgoszcz and Opole and an over six-fold lower value in Bialystok.

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Sulborska-Różycka, A., Weryszko-Chmielewska, E., Ziemianin, M., Puc, M., Siergiejko, G., Rapiejko , A., Malkiewicz, M., Jurkiewicz, D., & Lipiec , A. (2022). Amaranthaceae pollen grains in the atmospheric air in selected Polish cities in 2022. Alergoprofil, 18(4), 26-32. https://doi.org/10.24292/01.AP.184131222
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Vol 18 No 4 (2022)
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MEDICAL AEROBIOLOGY
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