About the Authors

Martin P. Davoren

m.davoren@ucc.ie

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

Eimear Fitzgerald

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

Frances Shiely

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

Ivan J. Perry

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MPD EF FS IJP. Performed the experiments: MPD EF IJP. Analyzed the data: MPD EF FS IJP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MPD EF FS IJP. Wrote the manuscript: MPD EF FS IJP.