Jordina Belmonte

TL;DR: An increasing trend in the yearly amount of airborne pollen for many taxa in Europe is revealed, which is more pronounced in urban than semi-rural/rural areas, and it is suggested the anthropogenic rise of atmospheric CO levels may be influential.

TL;DR: An interquartile range increase in residential surrounding greenness was associated with 11–19% lower relative prevalence of overweight/obesity and excessive screen time, but was not associated with current asthma and allergic rhinoconjunctivitis.

TL;DR: Results indicate that under a doubled CO(2) scenario at the end of the 21st century Quercus pollination season could start on average one month earlier and airborne pollen concentrations will increase by 50 % with respect to current levels, with higher values in Mediterranean inland areas.

TL;DR: There is a need for a definition of threshold pollen levels within the public, the policymakers and the pharmaceutical industry and a first approach could be to define preliminary threshold values for different regions, followed by a validation of these preliminary threshold levels with patient symptom scores that can be collected by using new information and communication technology (ICT).

TL;DR: Nitrogen dioxide and ozone may exacerbate severe asthma and even cause death among asthmatic subjects and is associated with mortality for all causes of death.