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dc.contributor.author | Stas, M | - |
dc.contributor.author | AERTS, Raf | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hendrickx , M | - |
dc.contributor.author | Delcloo, A | - |
dc.contributor.author | Dendoncker, N | - |
dc.contributor.author | Dujardin, S | - |
dc.contributor.author | Linard, C | - |
dc.contributor.author | NAWROT, Tim | - |
dc.contributor.author | Van Nieuwenhuyse, A | - |
dc.contributor.author | Aerts , JM | - |
dc.contributor.author | Van Orshoven, J | - |
dc.contributor.author | Somers , B | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-18T14:34:15Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-18T14:34:15Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.date.submitted | 2021-09-14T09:01:47Z | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Science of the total environment, 781 (Art N° 146682) | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0048-9697 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/35836 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background: The prevalence of pollen allergy has increased due to urbanization, climate change and air pollution. The effects of green space and air pollution on respiratory health of pollen allergy patients are complex and best studied in spatio-temporal detail.Methods: We tracked 144 adults sensitized to Betulaceae pollen during the tree pollen season (January-May) of 2017 and 2018 and assessed their spatio-temporal exposure to green space, allergenic trees, air pollutants and birch pollen. Participants reported daily symptom severity scores. We extracted 404 case days with high symptom severity scores and matched these to 404 control days. The data were analyzed using conditional logistic regression with a 1:1 case-crossover design.Results: Case days were associated with exposure to birch pollen concentration (100 grains/m(3)) [adjusted odds ratio 1.045 and 95% confidence interval (1.014-1.078)], O-3 concentration (10 mu g/m(3)) [1.504 (1.281-1.766)] and PMm concentration (10 mu g/m(3)) [1.255 (1.007-1.565)]on the day of the severe allergy event and with the cumulative exposure of one and two days before. Exposure to grass cover (10% a rea fraction) [0.655 (0.446-0.960)], forest cover (10% area fraction) [0.543 (0.303-0.973)] and density of Alnus (10%) [0.622 (0.411-0.942)] were protective for severe allergy, but only on the day of the severe allergy event. Increased densities of Betula trees (10%) were a risk factor [unadjusted OR: 2.014 (1.162-3.490)].Conclusion: Exposure to green space may mitigate tree pollen allergy symptom severity but only when the density of allergenic trees is low. Air pollutants contribute to more severe allergy symptoms. Spatio-temporal tracking allows for a more realistic exposure assessment. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. | - |
dc.description.sponsorship | This study was carried out in the framework of the RespirIT project, which has been supported by a grant from the Belgian Science Policy Office BELSPO (grant nr. BR/154/A1/RespirIT). The researchers would like to thank Dr. Evi Dons and MSc. (Ir.) Matthias Defoort for their contributions to the development of the dynamic exposure approach. | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | ELSEVIER | - |
dc.rights | 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. | - |
dc.subject.other | Allergic rhinitis | - |
dc.subject.other | Birch pollen allergy | - |
dc.subject.other | Personal exposure | - |
dc.subject.other | Biodiversity | - |
dc.subject.other | Air pollution | - |
dc.title | Exposure to green space and pollen allergy symptom severity: A case-crossover study in Belgium | - |
dc.type | Journal Contribution | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 781 | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.jcat | A1 | - |
local.publisher.place | RADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS | - |
local.type.refereed | Refereed | - |
local.type.specified | Article | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.artnr | 146682 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146682 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 33812114 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | 000655619500015 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1879-1026 | - |
local.provider.type | Web of Science | - |
local.uhasselt.international | yes | - |
item.contributor | Stas, M | - |
item.contributor | AERTS, Raf | - |
item.contributor | Hendrickx , M | - |
item.contributor | Delcloo, A | - |
item.contributor | Dendoncker, N | - |
item.contributor | Dujardin, S | - |
item.contributor | Linard, C | - |
item.contributor | NAWROT, Tim | - |
item.contributor | Van Nieuwenhuyse, A | - |
item.contributor | Aerts , JM | - |
item.contributor | Van Orshoven, J | - |
item.contributor | Somers , B | - |
item.validation | ecoom 2022 | - |
item.fullcitation | Stas, M; AERTS, Raf; Hendrickx , M; Delcloo, A; Dendoncker, N; Dujardin, S; Linard, C; NAWROT, Tim; Van Nieuwenhuyse, A; Aerts , JM; Van Orshoven, J & Somers , B (2021) Exposure to green space and pollen allergy symptom severity: A case-crossover study in Belgium. In: Science of the total environment, 781 (Art N° 146682). | - |
item.accessRights | Open Access | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
crisitem.journal.issn | 0048-9697 | - |
crisitem.journal.eissn | 1879-1026 | - |
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