About the Authors

Alberto Ascherio

aascheri@hsph.harvard.edu

Affiliation Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kassandra L. Munger

Affiliation Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: AA. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AA KLM. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: AA KLM. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.