Contribution to authorship
TM and SM designed the study and developed the analysis
plan. TM collected and analysed the data, and wrote the
manuscript. SM and KK collected data and interpreted the
data. SY, HN, and YN carried out the literature search, and
supported the analysis. AS measured Asian dust, and inter-
preted the data. All authors reviewed the manuscript and
gave final approval for the manuscript.
SAB, SJB and GNS designed the study and developed the analysis plan. SJB, DG and GNS collected the clinical data. SAB, SJB, LG, GNS and DG carried out the clinical and biological interpretation of the data collected. SJB and EM carried out the detailed data analysis and manuscript preparation. All authors reviewed, provided edits and gave final approval for the manuscript.