caa a22 4500 445367490 CHVBK 20180317142935.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00484-010-0363-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00484-010-0363-8 Pollen counts and their relationship to meteorological factors in Ankara, Turkey during 2005-2008 [Elektronische Daten] [Ilginc Kizilpinar, Ersoy Civelek, Ayfer Tuncer, Cahit Dogan, Erdem Karabulut, Umit Sahiner, S. Yavuz, Cansin Sackesen] Pollen plays an important role in the development and exacerbation of allergic diseases. We aimed to investigate the days with highest counts of the most allergenic pollens and to identify the meteorological factors affecting pollen counts in the atmosphere of Ankara, Turkey. Airborne pollen measurements were carried out from 2005 to 2008 with a Burkard volumetric 7-day spore trap. Microscope counts were converted into atmospheric concentrations and expressed as pollen grains/m3. Meteorological parameters were obtained from the State Meteorological Service. All statistical analyses were done with pollen counts obtained from March to October for each year. The percentages of tree, grass and weed pollens were 72.1% (n = 24,923), 12.8% (n = 4,433) and 15.1% (n = 5,219), respectively. The Pinaceae family from tree taxa (39% to 57%) and the Chenopodiaceae/Amaranthaceae family from weed taxa, contributed the highest percentage of pollen (25% to 43%), while from the grass taxa, only the Poaceae family was detected from 2005 to 2008. Poaceae and Chenopodiaceae/Amaranthaceae families, which are the most allergenic pollens, were found in high numbers from May to August in Ankara. In multiple logistic regression analysis, wind speed (OR = 1.18, CI95% = 1.02-1.36, P = 0.023) for tree pollen, daily mean temperature (OR = 1.10, CI95% = 1.04-1.17, P = 0.001) and sunshine hours (OR = 1.15, CI95% = 1.01-1.30, P = 0.033) for grass pollen, and sunshine hours (OR = 3.79, CI95% = 1.03-13.92, P = 0.044) for weed pollen were found as significant risk factors for high pollen count. The pollen calendar and its association with meteorological factors depend mainly on daily temperature, sunshine hours and wind speed, which may help draw the attention of physicians and allergic patients to days with high pollen counts. ISB, 2010 Allergy nationallicence Grass nationallicence Meteorology nationallicence Pollen nationallicence Tree nationallicence Weed nationallicence Kizilpinar Ilginc Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey aut Civelek Ersoy Department of Pediatric Allergy and Asthma, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey aut Tuncer Ayfer Department of Pediatric Allergy and Asthma, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey aut Dogan Cahit Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey aut Karabulut Erdem Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey aut Sahiner Umit Department of Pediatric Allergy and Asthma, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey aut Yavuz S. Department of Pediatric Allergy and Asthma, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey aut Sackesen Cansin Department of Pediatric Allergy and Asthma, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey aut International Journal of Biometeorology Springer-Verlag 55/4(2011-07-01), 623-631 0020-7128 55:4<623 2011 55 484 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-010-0363-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-010-0363-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kizilpinar Ilginc Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Civelek Ersoy Department of Pediatric Allergy and Asthma, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tuncer Ayfer Department of Pediatric Allergy and Asthma, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dogan Cahit Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Karabulut Erdem Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sahiner Umit Department of Pediatric Allergy and Asthma, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yavuz S. Department of Pediatric Allergy and Asthma, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sackesen Cansin Department of Pediatric Allergy and Asthma, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Biometeorology Springer-Verlag 55/4(2011-07-01), 623-631 0020-7128 55:4<623 2011 55 484 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer