About the Authors

Panagiotis N Papanikolaou

Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece

Georgia D Christidi

Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece

John P. A Ioannidis

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jioannid@cc.uoi.gr

Affiliations Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece , Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

PNP, GDC, and JPAI designed the study. PNP and JPAI analyzed the data. PNP, GDC, and JPAI contributed to writing the paper.