About the Authors

Elizabeth Khaykin Cahoon

khaykine@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

David C. Wheeler

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Michael G. Kimlin

Affiliation AusSun Research Lab, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Richard K. Kwok

Affiliation Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Bruce H. Alexander

Affiliation Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Mark P. Little

Affiliation Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Martha S. Linet

Affiliation Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Daryl Michal Freedman

Affiliation Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSL DMF BHA. Performed the experiments: MGK. Analyzed the data: EKC MPL DCW RKK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGK. Wrote the paper: EKC DCW MGK RKK BHA MPL MSL DMF.