About the Authors
- Ryan W. Allen
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* E-mail: allenr@sfu.ca
Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
- Prabjit K. Barn
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Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
- Bruce P. Lanphear
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Affiliations Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, Child and Family Research Institute, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Competing Interests
RWA has received grant and/or contract support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Health Canada, the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Environment, the BC Lung Association, and the Allergy, Genes, and Environment Network. He has received honoraria for committee participation, peer review, etc. from the BC Lung Association, the Health Effects Institute, and the US EPA. He has received travel funds from the Universidad del Valle (Colombia), the Montreal Department of Public Health, and the Allergy, Genes, and Environment Network. PKB has received research funding, scholarships, and awards from the Air & Waste Management Association, British Columbia Environmental and Occupational Health Research Network, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian International Development Agency, Fraser Basin Council, Provincial Health Services Authority, Simon Fraser University, and the Vancouver Foundation. BPL has served as an expert witness and as a consultant to the California Attorney General's Office and in a California public nuisance case against the paint and pigment industry, but he has not personally received any compensation for these services. BL has also served as a paid consultant on a US Environmental Protection Agency research study and the California Department of Toxic Substances. He has received NIH, US EPA and Canadian Institutes for Health Research grant support.
Author Contributions
Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: RWA PKB BPL. Wrote the paper: RWA PKB BPL. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: RWA PKB BPL. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: RWA PKB BPL.