Bertil Forsberg

TL;DR: In this article , the effects of exposure to ambient air pollution and birch pollen on exacerbation of respiratory symptoms in subjects with asthma and allergy to birch were assessed using linear mixed effects models.

TL;DR: Personal exposure to NOx, ozone and PM have moderate to good association with levels measured at urban background sites, and stationary measurements are valid as measure of exposure in environmental health risk assessments, especially if they can be refined using activity diaries and meteorological data.

TL;DR: It is not possible to be sure that the prevalence of asthma and allergic disorders in Sweden has recently increased, but more recent questionnaire studies in mid- and southern Sweden have reported similar rates of respiratory symptoms and use of anti-asthmatic drugs as in northern Sweden, suggesting that there may be no difference in asthma prevalence between the north and the south of the country.

TL;DR: The association between being exposed to a desert environment and respiratory symptoms indicates that further protective measures should be introduced for military personnel serving in a desert environments.

TL;DR: The choice of winter tyres has, from mainly being a safety and economic costs for wearing of road pavements, during later years also become a matter of inhalable particles formed during pavem... as mentioned in this paper.