About the Authors
- Saskia M. Willers
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Affiliation Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Division Environmental Epidemiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Bert Brunekreef
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Affiliations Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Division Environmental Epidemiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Henriëtte A. Smit
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Affiliation Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Eline M. van der Beek
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Affiliations Danone Research, Centre for Specialised Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Danone Research, Centre for Specialised Nutrition, Singapore, Singapore
- Ulrike Gehring
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Affiliation Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Division Environmental Epidemiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- C. de Jongste
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center/Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Marjan Kerkhof
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, GRIAC Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Gerard H. Koppelman
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Affiliation Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergology, GRIAC Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Alet H. Wijga
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* E-mail: alet.wijga@rivm.nl
Affiliation Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
EvB is an employee of Danone Research. The other authors declare no competing interests exist. The present study was financially supported by Danone Research, Centre for Specialised Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherlands. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SMW BB HAS EMV UG JCD MK GHK AHW. Analyzed the data: SMW. Wrote the paper: SMW AHW.