Executive summary In the past few decades, major public health advances have happened
in Europe, with drastic decreases in premature mortality and a life expectancy increase of …

Common or short ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) is an annual herb belonging to the
Asteraceae family that was described by Carl Linnaeus in the 18th century. It is a noxious …

Atmospheric conditions affect the release of anemophilous pollen, and the timing and
magnitude will be altered by climate change. As simulated with a pollen emission model and …

Training, quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) play an important role in building
competence in monitoring and research in aerobiology. The main goals of this paper were …

Tropospheric trace gas and aerosol pollutants have adverse effects on health, environment
and climate. In order to quantify and mitigate such effects, a wide range of processes leading …

Background Allergies to grass pollen are the number one cause of outdoor hay fever. The
human immune system reacts with symptoms to allergen from pollen. Objective We …

Pollen-induced allergies are among the most prevalent non-contagious diseases, with about
a quarter of the European population being sensitive to various atmospheric bioaerosols. In …

Exposure to allergens is pivotal in determining sensitization and allergic symptoms in
individuals. Pollen grain counts in ambient air have traditionally been assessed to estimate …

The paper considers the possibilities of modelling the release and dispersion of the pollen of
common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.), a highly allergenic invasive weed, which is …

One of the important adverse impacts of climate change on human health is increases in
allergic respiratory diseases such as allergic rhinitis and asthma. This impact is via the …