About the Authors

Yen-Tsung Huang

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Xihong Lin

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lucian R. Chirieac

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ray McGovern

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

John C. Wain

Affiliations Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Thoracic Surgery Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Rebecca S. Heist

Affiliations Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Vidar Skaug

Affiliation Department of Biological and Chemical Working Environment, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway

Shanbeh Zienolddiny

Affiliation Department of Biological and Chemical Working Environment, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway

Aage Haugen

Affiliation Department of Biological and Chemical Working Environment, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway

Li Su

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

David C. Christiani

dchris@hsph.harvard.edu

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Y-TH LRC JCW RSH VS SZ AH DCC. Performed the experiments: Y-TH VS SZ LS. Analyzed the data: Y-TH XL RM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Y-TH LRC RM JCW RSH AH LS DCC. Wrote the paper: Y-TH XL LRC RM JCW RSH VS SZ AH LS DCC.