About the Authors

Cristina A. Fernandez

CFernandez5@med.miami.edu

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Sharon L. Christ

Affiliation Department of Human Development and Family Studies; Department of Statistics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

William G. LeBlanc

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Kristopher L. Arheart

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Noella A. Dietz

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Kathyrn E. McCollister

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Lora E. Fleming

Affiliations Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School; Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Carles Muntaner

Affiliations Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing; Dalla Lana School of Public Health; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Health Care Management, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

Peter Muennig

Affiliation Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

David J. Lee

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CF SC WL KA ND KM LF CM PM DL. Performed the experiments: CF SC WL KA ND KM LF CM PM DL. Analyzed the data: SC KA WL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CF SC WL KA ND KM LF CM PM DL. Wrote the paper: CF SC WL KA ND KM LF CM PM DL.