About the Authors

Adeladza K. Amegah

Affiliations Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Public Health, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland, Public Health, Department of Biomedical and Forensic Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

Reginald Quansah

Affiliations Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Jouni J. K. Jaakkola

Jouni.jaakkola@oulu.fi

Affiliations Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Public Health, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland, Respiratory Medicine Unit, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA JJ. Performed the experiments: AA RQ JJ. Analyzed the data: AA. Wrote the paper: AA RQ JJ.