Ambient wood smoke, traffic pollution and adult asthma prevalence and severity

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We acknowledge the TAHS study participants and previous investigators. We thank the TAHS investigators who are not co-authors of this manuscript (Associate Professor Mark Jenkins, Associate Professor Richard Wood-Baker and Dr Iain Feather) for their assistance with obtaining funds and data collection. We also acknowledge all the respiratory scientists who collected data in the lung function laboratories of Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales. We gratefully acknowledge the role of Ms Cathryn May and Dr Desiree Meszaros in coordinating the study. We acknowledge all the funding bodies (National Health Medical Research Council of Australia, Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust and Asthma Foundations of Victoria, Tasmania and Queensland). Dr Matheson, Professor Hopper and Professor Dharmage are supported by the National Health Medical Research Council of Australia.