About the Authors
- Marga B. M. Bekkers
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* E-mail: marga.bekkers@rivm.nl
Affiliations Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Bert Brunekreef
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Affiliations Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Gerard H. Koppelman
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Affiliation Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergology, Beatrix Children’s Hospital, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Marjan Kerkhof
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Johan C. de Jongste
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Henriëtte A. Smit
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Affiliation Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Alet H. Wijga
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Affiliation Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MBMB BB AHW. Analyzed the data: MBMB. Wrote the paper: MBMB BB AHW. Interpretation of the results: MBMB BB AHW JCdJ GHK HAS MK. Review and revision of the manuscript: JCdJ GHK HAS MK. Principle investigators of the study and responsible for the study design and data collection: BB MK JCdJ AHW HAS.