caa a22 4500 445863803 CHVBK 20180317145451.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10453-011-9204-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10453-011-9204-4 Gowrie Marissa Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, West Indies aut Proposed association between airborne pollen and pediatric asthma emergency room visits in the Caribbean Island of Trinidad and Tobago West Indies [Elektronische Daten] [Marissa Gowrie] There are a number of possible links between airborne pollen and respiratory disease that remain underappreciated by both the scientific community and health care providers within the Latin American and Caribbean region. A few regional studies have assimilated some preliminary information on this association, and most recently research on interactions between airborne pollen and pediatric asthma on the Caribbean island of Trinidad has shown critical areas that require further investigation. Pollen samples were collected over a 2-year period using a Burkard 7 Day Recording Volumetric Spore Sampler. Corresponding pediatric asthma data were recorded at a nearby medical hospital. Results indicated that the wet season showed higher pollen concentrations (82 pollen per cubic meter/day) than the dry season (53 pollen per cubic meter/day), and several pollen taxa were observed. An association between airborne pollen concentrations and pediatric asthma emergency room visits was suggested incorporating a threshold and lag period. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Pollen nationallicence Allergy nationallicence Asthma nationallicence Pediatric asthma emergency room visits nationallicence Aerobiologia Springer Netherlands 27/4(2011-12-01), 353-356 0393-5965 27:4<353 2011 27 10453 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10453-011-9204-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10453-011-9204-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Gowrie Marissa Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, West Indies aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Aerobiologia Springer Netherlands 27/4(2011-12-01), 353-356 0393-5965 27:4<353 2011 27 10453 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer