Pollen monitoring in Poland
Zawisza, E.
Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski Organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego 14(84): 506-509
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 1426-9686 PMID: 14524257 Document Number: 562198
The author presents the history of aerobiological studies in Poland. The first scientist to undertake research regarding this problem in Poland was Mieczysław Obtułowicz. The research on this topic was resumed again in Krakow and Rabka in the 1960s. since 1989, constant measurements of plant pollen and fungal spore concentrations have been conducted by volumetric methods in over ten sites in Poland, in a network created by P. Rapiejko. In 1989 the first pollen report, worked out by the Allergen Research Centre appeared in daily newspapers. Pollen information (current data reports and forecast) is available to the public through radio broadcasts, television and newspapers. Pollen calendar for Poland is presented. Pollen sampling methods employed in these studies are also briefly described.