About the Authors

Ching-Huang Lai

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Nain-Feng Chu

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Taitung Hospital, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Taiwan

Chi-Wen Chang

Affiliation School of Nursing, College of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Shu-Li Wang

Affiliation Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, MiaoLi, Taiwan

Hsin-Chou Yang

Affiliation Institute of Statistical Science Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Chi-Ming Chu

chuchiming@web.de

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Chu-Ting Chang

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Huang Lin

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Wu-Chien Chien

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Sui-Lung Su

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Yu-Ching Chou

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Kang-Hua Chen

Affiliation School of Nursing, College of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Wei-Ming Wang

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Saou-Hsing Liou

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, MiaoLi, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMC CHL NFC. Performed the experiments: CTC MHL. Analyzed the data: CMC CHL CTC MHL HCY WCC SLS YCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMC CHL SLW CWC KHC WMW SHL. Wrote the paper: CMC CHL CWC HCY CTC MHL KHC.