About the Authors

Rebecca M. Dyson

Affiliations Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia, Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute and Graduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Hannah K. Palliser

Affiliations Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

Joanna L. Latter

Affiliations Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia, Discipline of Public Health, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

Grazyna Chwatko

Affiliation Department of Environmental Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Rafal Glowacki

Affiliation Department of Environmental Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Ian M. R. Wright

iwright@uow.edu.au

Affiliations Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia, Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute and Graduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, Kaleidoscope Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, John Hunter Children’s Hospital, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RD HP GC RG IW. Performed the experiments: RD HP JL GC IW. Analyzed the data: RD HP JL GC RG IW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RD HP GC RG IW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RD HP JL GC RG IW.