About the Authors

Wen-Chi Pan

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Molly L. Kile

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Wei Jie Seow

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Xihong Lin

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Quazi Quamruzzaman

Affiliation Department of Environmental Research, Dhaka Community Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mahmuder Rahman

Affiliation Department of Environmental Research, Dhaka Community Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Golam Mahiuddin

Affiliation Department of Environmental Research, Dhaka Community Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Golam Mostofa

Affiliation Department of Environmental Research, Dhaka Community Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Quan Lu

Affiliations Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

David C. Christiani

dchris@hsph.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WCP MLK DCC. Performed the experiments: WCP MLK WJS. Analyzed the data: WCP WJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QQ MR G. Mahiuddin G. Mostofa DCC. Wrote the paper: WCP MLK WJS XL QL DCC.