About the Authors

Dwaipayan Mukherjee

Affiliations Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Rutgers University - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Steven G. Royce

Affiliations Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Rutgers University - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Jocelyn A. Alexander

Affiliations Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Rutgers University - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Brian Buckley

Affiliation Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Sastry S. Isukapalli

Affiliations Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Rutgers University - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Elisa V. Bandera

Affiliations Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Helmut Zarbl

Affiliations Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Rutgers University - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Panos G. Georgopoulos

panosg@ccl.rutgers.edu

Affiliations Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Rutgers University - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM SSI PGG. Performed the experiments: DM SGR. Analyzed the data: DM JAA SGR. Wrote the paper: DM PGG EVB BB HZ. Provided guidance in interpreting results specific to the Jersey Girl Study: EVB BB HZ.