Straub, A.* ; Fricke, V.* ; Olschewski, P.* ; Seubert, S.* ; Beck, C.* ; Bayr, D. ; Kolek, F. ; Plaza, M.P. ; Leier-Wirtz, V. ; Kaschuba, S. ; Traidl-Hoffmann, C. ; Buermann, W.* ; Gerstlauer, M.* ; Damialis, A. ; Philipp, A.*
The phenomenon of thunderstorm asthma in Bavaria, Southern Germany: A statistical approach.
Int. J. Environ. Health Res., DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2021.1985971 (2021)
Higher incidences of asthma during thunderstorms can pose a serious health risk. In this study, we estimate the thunderstorm asthma risk using statistical methods, with special focus on Bavaria, Southern Germany. In this approach, a dataset of asthma-related emergency cases for the study region is combined with meteorological variables and aeroallergen data to identify statistical relationships between the occurrence of asthma (predictand) and different environmental parameters (set of predictors). On the one hand, the results provide evidence for a weak but significant relationship between atmospheric stability indices and asthma emergencies in the region, but also show that currently thunderstorm asthma is not a major concern in Bavaria due to overall low incidences. As thunderstorm asthma can have severe consequences for allergic patients, the presented approach can be important for the development of emergency strategies in regions affected by thunderstorm asthma and under present and future climate change conditions.
Impact Factor
Scopus SNIP
Web of Science
Times Cited
Scopus
Cited By
Altmetric
Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Typ der Hochschulschrift
Herausgeber
Schlagwörter
Thunderstorm Asthma ; Environment ; Health ; Seasonal Asthma; Grass-pollen; Nox Production; Fungal Spores; Epidemic; Melbourne; Release; Birch; Mechanism; Symptoms; Aerosols
Keywords plus
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2021
Prepublished im Jahr
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2021
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0960-3123
e-ISSN
1369-1619
ISBN
Bandtitel
Konferenztitel
Konferzenzdatum
Konferenzort
Konferenzband
Quellenangaben
Band:
Heft:
Seiten:
Artikelnummer:
Supplement:
Reihe
Verlag
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Verlagsort
2-4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon Or14 4rn, Oxon, England
Tag d. mündl. Prüfung
0000-00-00
Betreuer
Gutachter
Prüfer
Topic
Hochschule
Hochschulort
Fakultät
Veröffentlichungsdatum
0000-00-00
Anmeldedatum
0000-00-00
Anmelder/Inhaber
weitere Inhaber
Anmeldeland
Priorität
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Environmental Medicine (IEM)
POF Topic(s)
30202 - Environmental Health
Forschungsfeld(er)
Allergy
PSP-Element(e)
G-503400-001
Förderungen
Bavarian State Ministry of Health and Care (StMGP)
Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection (StMUV)
Copyright
Erfassungsdatum
2021-11-22