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Review
. 2018 Sep 17:8:36.
doi: 10.1186/s13601-018-0221-z. eCollection 2018.

POLLAR: Impact of air POLLution on Asthma and Rhinitis; a European Institute of Innovation and Technology Health (EIT Health) project

Jean Bousquet  1   2   3   4   5   6 , Josep M Anto  7   8   9   10 , Isabella Annesi-Maesano  11 , Toni Dedeu  12 , Eve Dupas  13 , Jean-Louis Pépin  14   15 , Landry Stephane Zeng Eyindanga  16 , Sylvie Arnavielhe  13 , Julia Ayache  17   18 , Xavier Basagana  7 , Samuel Benveniste  17   19 , Nuria Calves Venturos  20 , Hing Kin Chan  13 , Mehdi Cheraitia  21 , Yves Dauvilliers  22 , Judith Garcia-Aymerich  7 , Ingrid Jullian-Desayes  14   15 , Chitra Dinesh  21 , Daniel Laune  13 , Jade Lu Dac  21 , Ismael Nujurally  21 , Giovanni Pau  23 , Robert Picard  24 , Xavier Rodo  25 , Renaud Tamisier  14   15 , Michael Bewick  26 , Nils E Billo  27 , Wienczyslawa Czarlewski  28 , Joao Fonseca  29   30 , Ludger Klimek  31 , Oliver Pfaar  31   32 , Jean-Marc Bourez  33
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Review

POLLAR: Impact of air POLLution on Asthma and Rhinitis; a European Institute of Innovation and Technology Health (EIT Health) project

Jean Bousquet et al. Clin Transl Allergy. .

Abstract

Allergic rhinitis (AR) is impacted by allergens and air pollution but interactions between air pollution, sleep and allergic diseases are insufficiently understood. POLLAR (Impact of air POLLution on sleep, Asthma and Rhinitis) is a project of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT Health). It will use a freely-existing application for AR monitoring that has been tested in 23 countries (the Allergy Diary, iOS and Android, 17,000 users, TLR8). The Allergy Diary will be combined with a new tool allowing queries on allergen, pollen (TLR2), sleep quality and disorders (TRL2) as well as existing longitudinal and geolocalized pollution data. Machine learning will be used to assess the relationship between air pollution, sleep and AR comparing polluted and non-polluted areas in 6 EU countries. Data generated in 2018 will be confirmed in 2019 and extended by the individual prospective assessment of pollution (portable sensor, TLR7) in AR. Sleep apnea patients will be used as a demonstrator of sleep disorder that can be modulated in terms of symptoms and severity by air pollution and AR. The geographic information system GIS will map the results. Consequences on quality of life (EQ-5D), asthma, school, work and sleep will be monitored and disseminated towards the population. The impacts of POLLAR will be (1) to propose novel care pathways integrating pollution, sleep and patients' literacy, (2) to study sleep consequences of pollution and its impact on frequent chronic diseases, (3) to improve work productivity, (4) to propose the basis for a sentinel network at the EU level for pollution and allergy, (5) to assess the societal implications of the interaction. MASK paper N°32.

Keywords: Asthma; Climate change; Pollen; Pollution; Rhinitis; mHealth.

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Links between ARIA and MASK for change management. CC Collaborating Center, GA2LEN Global Allergy and Asthma European network, GARD Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases, MeDALL Mechanisms of the Development of ALLergy, POLLAR Impact of air POLLution on sleep, Asthma and Rhinitis
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The POLLAR consortium
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POLLAR m-health tools
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MASK questions on sleep
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The POLLAR knowledge triangle
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