Domestic airborne pollutants and asthma and respiratory symptoms in middle age

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Funding Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Mrs Cathryn May, BApplSci, Victorian Cervical Cytology Registry, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, who was largely responsible for tracing participants for the follow up survey in 2004, and Dr Buddhini Ekanayake, MB.BS, Doutta Galla Community Health, Kensington, Victoria, Australia, who undertook some preliminary data analysis for this study. We also acknowledge and thank all previous investigators in the TAHS and gratefully acknowledge the continued support and participation of the original 1968 study cohort. The TAHS is supported by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, the Victorian, Queensland and Tasmanian Asthma Foundations, the Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust, the Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation, and the University of Melbourne. Dr Melanie Matheson, Dr John Hopper and Dr Shyamali Dharmage are supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.