About the Authors

Kahee A. Mohammed

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Duhok, Duhok, Kurdistan–Iraq

Eric Adjei Boakye

adjeiboakyee@slu.edu

Affiliation Center for Outcomes Research (SLUCOR), Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Honer A. Ismail

Affiliation Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Duhok, Duhok, Kurdistan–Iraq

Christian J. Geneus

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Betelihem B. Tobo

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Paula M. Buchanan

Affiliation Center for Outcomes Research (SLUCOR), Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Alan P. Zelicoff

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KAM HAI. Performed the experiments: KAM HAI. Analyzed the data: KAM EAB CJG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAM EAB HAI. Wrote the paper: KAM EAB CJG BBT PMB. Literature review: KAM EAB CJG BBT. Manuscript editing: EAB HAI BBT PMB APZ. Study supervision: PMB APZ.