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Evaluation of Pollen Apps Forecasts: The Need for Quality Control in an eHealth Service by Bastl, Katharina, Berger, Uwe, Kmenta, Maximilian

“…Pollen forecasts are highly valuable for allergen avoidance and thus raising the quality of life of persons concerned by pollen allergies. They are considered…”
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The connection of pollen concentrations and crowd-sourced symptom data: new insights from daily and seasonal symptom load index data from 2013 to 2017 in Vienna by Bastl, Katharina, Kmenta, Maximilian, Berger, Markus, Berger, Uwe

“…Online pollen diaries and mobile applications nowadays allow easy and fast documentation of pollen allergy symptoms. Such crowd-sourced symptom data provides…”
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Pollen information consumption as an indicator of pollen allergy burden by Kmenta, Maximilian, Zetter, Reinhard, Berger, Uwe, Bastl, Katharina

“…Summary Background The Austrian pollen information service distributes pollen forecasts and offers various options (webpages, a mobile “Pollen” app, interviews…”
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The grass pollen season 2015: a proof of concept multi-approach study in three different European cities by Kmenta, Maximilian, Bastl, Katharina, Berger, Uwe, Kramer, Matthias F, Heath, Matthew D, Pätsi, Sanna, Pessi, Anna-Mari, Saarto, Annika, Werchan, Barbora, Werchan, Matthias, Zetter, Reinhard, Bergmann, Karl-Christian

“…Grasses release the most widespread aeroallergens with considerable sensitization rates, while different species produce several pollen concentration peaks…”
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Defining Pollen Seasons: Background and Recommendations by Bastl, Katharina, Kmenta, Maximilian, Berger, Uwe E.

“…Purpose of Review The definition of a pollen season determines the start and the end of the time period with a certain amount of pollen in the ambient air…”
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Combined LM and SEM study of the upper Oligocene/lower Miocene palynoflora from Altmittweida (Saxony): Providing new insights into Cenozoic vegetation evolution of Central Europe by Kmenta, Maximilian, Zetter, Reinhard

“…The fossil floras from Altmittweida (Saxony, Germany) are of late Oligocene/early Miocene age. Until now, studies have focused on the macrofossil record of…”
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Is there an advantage to staying indoors for pollen allergy sufferers? Composition and quantitative aspects of the indoor pollen spectrum by Bastl, Katharina, Berger, Uwe, Kmenta, Maximilian, Weber, Martina

“…The pollen content of the air in an office was assessed together with the dust on the floor and on the desktops as well as the pollen content outside of the…”
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Ten questions about pollen and symptom load and the need for indoor measurements in built environment by Bastl, Katharina, Berger, Uwe, Kmenta, Maximilian

“…Pollen are an important component of outdoor and indoor air. Especially in the perspective of the importance of allergens and pollutants and as a consequence…”
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Development of personal pollen information—the next generation of pollen information and a step forward for hay fever sufferers by Kmenta, Maximilian, Bastl, Katharina, Jäger, Siegfried, Berger, Uwe

“…Pollen allergies affect a large part of the European population and are considered likely to increase. User feedback indicates that there are difficulties in…”
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Can we improve pollen season definitions by using the symptom load index in addition to pollen counts? by Bastl, Katharina, Kmenta, Maximilian, Geller-Bernstein, Carmi, Berger, Uwe, Jäger, Siegfried

“…Airborne pollen measurements are the foundation of aerobiological research and provide essential raw data for various disciplines. Pollen itself should be…”
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The grass pollen season 2014 in Vienna: A pilot study combining phenology, aerobiology and symptom data by Kmenta, Maximilian, Bastl, Katharina, Kramer, Matthias F., Hewings, Simon J., Mwange, Juliet, Zetter, Reinhard, Berger, Uwe

“…Grasses (Poaceae) are one of the largest plant families and are distributed worldwide. Grass pollen allergy is one of the most important pollen allergies…”
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Individual pollen exposure measurements: are they feasible? by Berger, Uwe, Kmenta, Maximilian, Bastl, Katharina

“…PURPOSE OF REVIEWThe purpose of the recent review is to give insight into recent attempts to measure individual pollen exposure and to give advice for…”
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The medical and scientific responsibility of pollen information services by Bastl, Katharina, Berger, Markus, Bergmann, Karl-Christian, Kmenta, Maximilian, Berger, Uwe

“…Summary Pollen information as such is highly valuable and was considered so far as a self-evident good free for the public. The foundation for reliable and…”
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First comparison of symptom data with allergen content (Bet v 1 and Phl p 5 measurements) and pollen data from four European regions during 2009–2011 by Bastl, Katharina, Kmenta, Maximilian, Pessi, Anna-Mari, Prank, Marje, Saarto, Annika, Sofiev, Mikhail, Bergmann, Karl-Christian, Buters, Jeroen T.M., Thibaudon, Michel, Jäger, Siegfried, Berger, Uwe

“…The level of symptoms in pollen allergy sufferers and users of the Patient's Hayfever Diary (PHD), does not directly reflect the total amount of pollen in the…”
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Dramatically decreased T cell responses but persistent IgE upon reduced pollen exposure by Van Hemelen, Dries, Hemmer, Wolfgang, Kmenta, Maximilian, Berger, Uwe B., Kinaciyan, Tamar, Bohle, Barbara, Jahn-Schmid, Beatrice

“…Mugwort pollen allergy is frequent in parts of Europe. As mugwort pollen contains only one major allergen, Art v 1, which harbors only one T cell epitope, we…”
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Propose of Standards Based IT Architecture to Enrich the Value of Allergy Data by Telemonitoring Data by Urbauer, Philipp, Kmenta, Maximilian, Frohner, Matthias, Mense, Alexander, Sauermann, Stefan

“…Interoperability is a key requirement for any IT-System to be future proof and cost efficient, due to the increasing interaction of IT-Systems in Healthcare…”
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Development of a symptom load index: enabling temporal and regional pollen season comparisons and pointing out the need for personalized pollen information by Bastl, Katharina, Kmenta, Maximilian, Jäger, Siegfried, Bergmann, Karl-Christian, Berger, Uwe

“…This study describes the development of an index, the symptom load index, to compare the severity of pollen seasons for pollen allergy sufferers during…”
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The grass pollen season 2015: a proof of concept multi-approach study in three different European cities by Maximilian Kmenta, Katharina Bastl, Uwe Berger, Matthias F. Kramer, Matthew D. Heath, Sanna Pätsi, Anna-Mari Pessi, Annika Saarto, Barbora Werchan, Matthias Werchan, Reinhard Zetter, Karl-Christian Bergmann

“…Background Grasses release the most widespread aeroallergens with considerable sensitization rates, while different species produce several pollen…”
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