About the Authors

Mahmoud Nahhas

Affiliation Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Raj Bhopal

Affiliation Edinburgh Ethnicity Health and Research Group, Centre for Population Health Sciences, Medical School, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Chantelle Anandan

Affiliation Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Rob Elton

Affiliation Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Aziz Sheikh

aziz.sheikh@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MN RB CA RE AS. Performed the experiments: MN. Analyzed the data: MN CA RE. Wrote the paper: MN CA AS.