About the Authors
- Ali H. Ziyab
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America, Department of Community Medicine and Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Wilfried Karmaus
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* E-mail: karmaus@sc.edu
Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
- Mitra Yousefi
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
- Susan Ewart
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Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
- Eric Schauberger
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Affiliations Genetics Graduate Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
- John W. Holloway
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Affiliations Academic Units of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Academic Units of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
- Hongmei Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
- Syed Hasan Arshad
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Affiliations Academic Units of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Analyzed the data: AHZ WK MY HZ. Wrote the paper: AHZ WK MY. Conceived and designed the epidemiological study: AHZ SHA WK ES Performed the examinations and measurements: AHZ SE ES. Revised the manuscript: HZ SE JWH WK.