About the Authors
- William D. Finkle
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* E-mail: hooverr@mail.nih.gov (RNH); bill@consolidated-research.com (WDF)
Affiliation Consolidated Research, Inc., Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Sander Greenland
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Department of Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Gregory K. Ridgeway
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Affiliation Consolidated Research, Inc., Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- John L. Adams
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Affiliation Consolidated Research, Inc., Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Melissa A. Frasco
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Affiliation Consolidated Research, Inc., Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Michael B. Cook
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Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr
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Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Robert N. Hoover
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* E-mail: hooverr@mail.nih.gov (RNH); bill@consolidated-research.com (WDF)
Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors would like to clarify the Competing Interests Section to state that 1) William Finkle is owner of Consolidated Research Inc. (CRI) 2) John Adams, Sander Greenland, Gregory Ridgeway and Melissa Frasco are consultants to CRI. 3) CRI is a company that develops statistical methods and software. 4) None of the authors has been compensated by any manufacturers of products examined in our study. These affiliations do not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: WDF SG JLA GKR MAF RNH. Performed the experiments: WDF SG JLA GKR MAF RNH. Analyzed the data: WDF SG JLA GKR MAF RNH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WDF SG JLA GKR MAF RNH. Wrote the paper: WDF SG JLA GKR MAF MBC JFF RNH.