About the Authors
- Waleed F. Janem
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Contributed equally to this work with: Waleed F. Janem, Frank A. Scannapieco, Lucy D. Mastrandrea
Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
- Frank A. Scannapieco
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Contributed equally to this work with: Waleed F. Janem, Frank A. Scannapieco, Lucy D. Mastrandrea
Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
- Amarpeet Sabharwal
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work
Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
- Maria Tsompana
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work
Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
- Harvey A. Berman
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work
Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
- Elaine M. Haase
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work
Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
- Jeffrey C. Miecznikowski
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work
Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
- Lucy D. Mastrandrea
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Contributed equally to this work with: Waleed F. Janem, Frank A. Scannapieco, Lucy D. Mastrandrea
* E-mail: ldm@buffalo.edu
Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Scannapieco and Dr. Mastrandrea received funding to perform this research from Colgate Palmolive. Receipt of funding does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: WFJ FAS HAB LDM. Data curation: WFJ FAS AS MT JCM LDM. Formal analysis: WFJ FAS AS MT JCM LDM. Funding acquisition: WFJ FAS LDM. Investigation: WFJ MT LDM. Methodology: WFJ FAS AS MT JCM LDM. Project administration: FAS LDM. Resources: WFJ AS MT JCM LDM. Software: AS JCM. Supervision: FAS HAB EMH LDM. Validation: AS MT JCM LDM. Visualization: WFJ AS JCM LDM. Writing – original draft: WFJ FAS AS HAB EMH JCM LDM. Writing – review & editing: WFJ FAS AS MT HAB EMH JCM LDM.