Friday, January 27, 2023

When birch trees are grown in highly polluted areas, their pollen contains higher levels of the main allergen, according to Polish study

Peer-Reviewed Publication

PLOS

Air pollution in the places of Betula pendula growth and development changes the physicochemical properties and the main allergen content of its pollen 

IMAGE: BIRCH TREES. view more 

CREDIT: DOROTA MYSZKOWSKA, CC-BY 4.0 (HTTPS://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/LICENSES/BY/4.0/)

Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0279826

Article Title: Air pollution in the places of Betula pendula growth and development changes the physicochemical properties and the main allergen content of its pollen

Author Countries: Poland

Funding: The study was supported by the grant of the National Science Centre, No2016/21/N/NZ8/01369. Grant holder was the corresponding author: Monika Ziemianin. The FT-Raman measurements were financed by DNWZ.711.58.2022.PBU statutory research project of Pedagogical University of Krakow, Poland, led by Ph.D. Iwona Stawoska. In both cases, the funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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