About the Authors

Hsiao-Ling Chang

Affiliations Division of Surveillance, Center for Disease Control, Department of Health, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, National Defense University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chia-Pin Chio

Affiliation Department of Bioenvironmental System Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Huey-Jen Su

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Chung-Min Liao

Affiliation Department of Bioenvironmental System Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chuan-Yao Lin

Affiliation Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Wen-Yi Shau

Affiliation Division of Health Technology Assessment, Center for Drug Evaluation, Taipei, Taiwan

Yun-Chan Chi

Affiliation Department of Statistics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Ya-Ting Cheng

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Yuan-Lin Chou

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Chung-Yi Li

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Kwo-Liang Chen

Affiliation Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, China University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

Kow-Tong Chen

ktchen@mail.ncku.edu.tw

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HLC HJS KTC. Performed the experiments: HLC CPC HJS CML CYL YTC YLC KTC. Analyzed the data: HLC CPC CML WYS YCC CYL KLC KTC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KTC. Wrote the paper: HLC KTC.