About the Authors

F. O. Meller

mellerfernanda@gmail.com

Affiliation Post-Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

M. C. F. Assunção

Affiliation Post-Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

A. A. Schäfer

Affiliation Post-Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

C. Loret de Mola

Affiliation Post-Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

D. L. Dahly

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

J. S. Vaz

Affiliation Post-Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

F. C. Barros

Affiliation Post-Graduate Program in Health and Behavior, Catholic University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: FOM MCFA FCB. Formal analysis: FOM CLdM DLD JSV. Investigation: FOM AAS CLdM. Methodology: FOM MCFA AAS CLdM DLD JSV FCB. Project administration: FOM AAS. Supervision: FOM MCFA FCB. Writing – original draft: FOM MCFA AAS CLdM DLD JSV FCB. Writing – review & editing: FOM MCFA AAS CLdM DLD JSV FCB.