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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2018

Variation in airborne pollen concentrations among five monitoring locations in a desert urban environment.

Tanviben Y Patel, Mark Buttner, David Rivas, Chad Cross, Dennis A Bazylinski, Joram Seggev

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Article in Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tanviben Y PatelDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy, P. O. Box 453064, Las Vegas, NV, 89154, USA.
Mark ButtnerDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy, P. O. Box 453064, Las Vegas, NV, 89154, USA. mark.buttner@unlv.edu.
David RivasDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy, P. O. Box 453064, Las Vegas, NV, 89154, USA.
Chad CrossSchool of Medicine and School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Dennis A BazylinskiSchool of Life Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Joram SeggevDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy, P. O. Box 453064, Las Vegas, NV, 89154, USA.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas · US

Funding

Clark County School District AWD-02-00000182
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The urbanization of the Las Vegas Valley has transformed this part of the Mohave Desert into a green oasis by introducing many non-native plant species, some of which are allergenic. Typically, one monitoring station is established per city to obtain pollen counts for an entire metropolitan area. However, variations in pollen concentrations could occur among different microenvironments. The objective of this study is to measure and compare pollen concentrations in five locations in Las Vegas to determine if there are significant differences between microenvironments within the city. Air samples were collected from five sites across the Las Vegas Valley over a 1-year period. Prepared slides were analyzed with a light microscope for pollen grains and converted into airborne pollen concentrations. Mixed model methods were used to determine mean differences. Tree pollen was the greatest contributor to the annual average airborne pollen concentrations (130 grains/m

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PollenAir PollutionAllergensCitiesEnvironmental MonitoringNevadaPoaceaeSeasonsTreesAllergensAirborneAllergenLas VegasOutdoor air qualityPollen

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PMID29943134
PMCPMC6018573
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