About the Authors
- Donald A Brand
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¤ Current address: Office of Health Outcomes Research, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York, United States of America
Affiliations Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America , Department of Pediatrics, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America , School of Public Health, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America
- Michaela Saisana
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Affiliation Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Ispra, Italy
- Lisa A Rynn
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Affiliation New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America
- Fulvia Pennoni
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Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
- Albert B Lowenfels
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Lowenfel@nymc.edu
Affiliations Department of Surgery, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America , Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
DAB and ABL conceived and designed the study. LR and ABL collected the data. DAB, MS, FP, and ABL contributed to the statistical methodology, analyzed the data, and interpreted the results; and all authors contributed to writing the paper.