About the Authors

Peggy S. Lai

plai@partners.org

Affiliations Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Oliver Hofmann

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

Rebecca M. Baron

Affiliation Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Manuela Cernadas

Affiliation Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Quanxin Ryan Meng

Affiliation Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Herbert S. Bresler

Affiliation Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

David M. Brass

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics/Neonatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Ivana V. Yang

Affiliations Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

David A. Schwartz

Affiliations Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

David C. Christiani

Affiliations Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Winston Hide

Affiliation 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: PL WH. Performed the experiments: PL OH. Analyzed the data: PL OH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RB MC QM HB DB IY DS DC OH. Wrote the paper: PL.