About the Authors

Kevin P. Balanda

kevin.balanda@publichealth.ie

Affiliation Institute of Public Health in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Claire M. Buckley

Affiliations Department of General Practice, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Steve J. Barron

Affiliation Institute of Public Health in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Lorraine E. Fahy

Affiliation Institute of Public Health in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Jamie M. Madden

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Janas M. Harrington

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Ivan J. Perry

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Patricia M. Kearney

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KPB CMB IJP PMK. Performed the experiments: KPB CMB SB LEF JMM JMH. Analyzed the data: KPB CMB SB LEF JMM JMH. Wrote the manuscript: KPB CMB SB LEF JMM JMH IJP PMK. Final approval of manuscript: KPB CMB SB LEF JMM JMH IJP PMK.