Ash pollen count in the air of selected Polish cities in 2014
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The aim of the study was to compare the pollen season of ash in Szczecin, Drawsko Pomorskie, Zielona Gora, Bydgoszcz, Sosnowiec, Cracow, Lodz, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Olsztyn, Warsaw and Lublin. Measurements of pollen concentration were performed by the use of volumetric method (Burkard or Lanzoni pollen sampler). The length of season was defined with the 95% method. The pollen season of ash started in all measurement sites in the first week of April. The length of pollen season amounted of 21–25 days. The highest concentration of 415 pollen grains x m3 was noted in Lublin, and the lowest of 42 pollen grains x m3 in Cracow. The risk of pollen allergy because of the presence in the air the high concentrations of ash pollen grains was the biggest in Warsaw (17 days) and in Lublin (14 days). The highest annual sum of ash pollen grains was recorded in Lublin (2413) and it was over 10 times higher than in Cracow (230).
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