About the Authors
- Sara D. Adar
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* E-mail: sadar@umich.edu
Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Ronald Klein
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Barbara E. K. Klein
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Adam A. Szpiro
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Mary Frances Cotch
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Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Tien Y. Wong
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Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Singapore Eye Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Marie S. O'Neill
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Sandi Shrager
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Affiliation Singapore Eye Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- R. Graham Barr
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Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- David S. Siscovick
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Martha L. Daviglus
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Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Paul D. Sampson
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Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Joel D. Kaufman
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Competing Interests
Several authors (SDA, AAS, MSO, RGB, DSS, PDS, and JDK) have received unrestricted grant funding or support on unrestricted grant funds to study related topics from the Environmental Protection Agency, National Institutes of Heath, and/or the Health Effects Institute.
Author Contributions
ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: SDA RK BEKK AAS MFC TYW MSO SS RGB DSS MLD PDS JDK. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: SDA RK BEKK AAS MFC TYW MSO SS RGB DSS MLD PDS JDK. Designed the experiments/the study: SDA MFC DSS JDK. Analyzed the data: SDA AAS SS. Collected data/did experiments for the study: RK BEKK SS RGB MLD. Enrolled patients: RGB MLD. Wrote the first draft of the paper: SDA. Contributed to the writing of the paper: SDA RK BEKK AAS MFC TYW MSO SS RGB DSS MLD PDS JDK. Critically revised manuscript for important intellectual content: BEKK. Developed statistical models: AAS. Helped to develop the collaboration with MESA that led to MESA AIR, and helped obtain funding for MESA AIR from the EPA: DSS. Reviewed the results of various analyses and suggested additional analyses: DSS. Responsible for the spatio-temporal model and estimates of exposure: PDS.