Citizen science based symptom scores of allergic rhinitis to validate the grass pollen hay fever forecast

Conclusion: The LUMC hay fever forecast is for 76% in line with the symptom scores combined with the number of entries from the citizen science based internet platform Allergieradar. Therefore, hay fever symptoms experienced in allergic rhinitis patients are well predicted by the LUMC hay fever forecast.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - October 30, 2015 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: De Weger, L. A., Hofstee, H. B., Van Vliet, A. J. H., Hiemstra, P. S., Sont, J. K. Tags: 6.2 Occupational and Environmental Health Source Type: research