About the Authors

Jun Ying

jying@mdanderson.org

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mohammad H. Rahbar

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, United States of America

D. Michael Hallman

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ladia M. Hernandez

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Sciences, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas – Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Margret R. Spitz

Affiliation Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Michele R. Forman

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Sciences, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas – Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Olga Y. Gorlova

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors confirm that Dr. Olga Gorlova being a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Critically reviewed the manuscript: MHR DMH MRS MRF LMH. Conceived and designed the experiments: JY MHR DMH MRS MRF OYG. Performed the experiments: LMH. Analyzed the data: JY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OYG. Wrote the paper: JY OYG.