About the Authors

I-Hsin Lin

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Ming-Lin Ho

Affiliations Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

Hsuan-Yu Chen

Affiliation Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Hong-Shen Lee

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chia-Chen Huang

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Yin-Hung Chu

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Shiau-Yun Lin

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Ya-Ru Deng

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Yu-Hao He

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Yu-Hui Lien

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chi-Wen Hsu

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Ruey-Hong Wong

rueyhong@csmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Occupational Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IHL RHW. Performed the experiments: IHL MLH HYC HSL CCH YHC SYL YHH YHL CWH RHW YRD. Analyzed the data: IHL RHW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLH RHW. Wrote the paper: IHL RHW.