About the Authors

Kelly K. Ferguson

Affiliation University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Thomas F. McElrath

Affiliation Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Bhramar Mukherjee

Affiliation University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Rita Loch-Caruso

Affiliation University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

John D. Meeker

meekerj@umich.edu

Affiliation University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TFM JDM. Performed the experiments: KKF TFM BM JDM. Analyzed the data: KKF BM TFM JDM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TFM JDM. Wrote the paper: KKF TFM BM RLC JDM.