About the Authors

Caihua Liang

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States of America

Karl T. Kelsey

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States of America

Michael D. McClean

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States of America

Brock C. Christensen

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, United States of America, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, United States of America

Carmen J. Marsit

Affiliations Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, United States of America, Department of Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, United States of America

Margaret R. Karagas

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, United States of America, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, United States of America

Tim Waterboer

Affiliation Infection and Cancer Program, German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum), Heidelberg, Germany

Michael Pawlita

Affiliation Infection and Cancer Program, German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum), Heidelberg, Germany

Heather H. Nelson

hhnelson@umn.edu

Affiliations Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KTK HHN MP. Performed the experiments: TW MP HHN. Analyzed the data: CL MDM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KTK MP HHN. Wrote the paper: KTK HHN BCC CJM MRK.