Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Ms Lee, Dr Noth, Dr Hammond, Dr Eisen, Dr Balmes); Division of Immunology and Allergy, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford (Dr Nadeau); Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics (Dr Lin); Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine (Dr Balmes), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Address correspondence to: John R. Balmes, MD, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, 50 University Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 ([email protected]).
Funding sources: Funding for this research was provided by the Global Health Research Foundation and a NIEHS grant (R01 HL081521 and R01 ES020926), the California Air Resources Board (contract nos. 99-322, 99-323, and 01-346 ), the US EPA (PO no. 2A-0540-NASX ), and the Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center ( RFA 2005-01). This work was also performed as part of the University of California, Berkeley/Stanford Children's Environmental Health Center, pre-Center funded (2010 to 2014) by NIEHS 1P20ES018173 and EPA RD-83459601. This publication was made possible by CDC/NIOSH T42 OH008429-13. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the grantee and do not necessarily represent the official views of the US EPA. Further, the US EPA does not endorse the purchase of any commercial products or services mentioned in the publication.
Author Contributions: Conceived the study, analyzed the data, and was the primary author of the paper: EL. Provided intellectual input and contributed to the writing of the paper: JB, EE, KH. Telomere length measurement and interpreting results: JL. Designed the study and provided PBMC samples: KN, MP. Provided PAH exposure data, edited, and reviewed the paper: KH, BN. The authors declare that they have no conflicting interest.
Authors Balmes, Lee, Noth, Hammond, Eisen, have no relationships/conditions/circumstances that present potential conflict of interest. Co-authors Kari Nadeau and Jue Lin have not completed the forms.
The JOEM editorial board and planners have no financial interest related to this research.
