About the Authors

Michael Abend

michaelabend@bundeswehr.org

Affiliation Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, Munich, Germany

Ruth M. Pfeiffer

Affiliation Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Christian Ruf

Affiliation Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, Munich, Germany

Maureen Hatch

Affiliation Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Tetiana I. Bogdanova

Affiliation Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyiv, Ukraine

Mykola D. Tronko

Affiliation Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyiv, Ukraine

Armin Riecke

Affiliation Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, Munich, Germany

Julia Hartmann

Affiliation Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, Munich, Germany

Viktor Meineke

Affiliation Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, Munich, Germany

Houda Boukheris

Affiliation NOVA Research Company, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Alice J. Sigurdson

Affiliation Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Kiyohiko Mabuchi

Affiliation Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Alina V. Brenner

Affiliation Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors herewith declare that one of the co-authors being recently employed by NOVA Research Company does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The coauthor was working at Radiation Epidemiology Branch/National Cancer Institute (REB/NCI) before she changed to NOVA Research Company where she is employed now. At the time of Radiation Epidemiology Branch/National Cancer Institute (REB/NCI) she did her contribution.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA RMP CR MH AR JH HB AVB. Performed the experiments: MA CR AR JH. Analyzed the data: MA RMP AVB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TIB MDT AJS KM VM. Wrote the paper: MA RMP AVB MH.