About the Authors

Marisa A. Patti

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

marisa_patti@brown.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Nan Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Nan Li, Melissa Eliot

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Melissa Eliot

Contributed equally to this work with: Nan Li, Melissa Eliot

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Craig Newschaffer

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliations A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, College of Health & Human Development, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kimberly Yolton

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Jane Khoury

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Aimin Chen

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Bruce P. Lanphear

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Kristen Lyall

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Irva Hertz-Picciotto

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Margaret Daniele Fallin

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Lisa A. Croen

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, United States of America

Joseph M. Braun

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: JMB was financially compensated for serving as an expert witness for plaintiffs in litigation related to tobacco smoke exposures and received an honoraria for serving on an advisory panel to Quest Diagnostics. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.