Running title: Ambient air pollution and atopic and non-atopic eczema in adults
Diego J. Lopez1, Caroline J. Lodge1, Dinh S. Bui1, Nilakshi T Waidyatillake1, John C. Su2,3, Jenny L Perret1, Luke D. Knibbs4, Bircan Erbas5,Paul S. Thomas6, Garun S. Hamilton7,8, Bruce R Thompson9, Michael J Abramson10, E. Haydn Walters1,11, Shyamali Dharmage1, Gayan Bowatte1, Adrian J. Lowe1
1 Allergy and Lung Health Unit, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2 Department of Dermatology, Monash University, Eastern Health and the Population allergy group,
3 Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
4 Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia
5 School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC
6 Prince of Wales’ Clinical School, and Mechanisms of Disease and Translational Research, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW and Prince of Wales’ Hospital, Sydney, NSW.School of
7 Department of Lung and Sleep Medicine, Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
8 School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
9 School of Heath Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC
10 School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC
11 Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS
Adrian J. Lowe and Gayan Bowatte should be considered joint senior author