About the Authors

M. Harvey Brenner

harvey.brenner@unthsc.edu

Affiliations Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America, FG Epidemiologie, Fakultät VII, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Elena Andreeva

Affiliation FG Epidemiologie, Fakultät VII, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Töres Theorell

Affiliation Institute for Stress Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Marcel Goldberg

Affiliations Inserm, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Population-based Cohorts Research Platform, F-94807, Villejuif, France, Public Health Department, Université de Versailles Saint Quentin, Villejuif, France

Hugo Westerlund

Affiliation Institute for Stress Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Constanze Leineweber

Affiliation Institute for Stress Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Linda L. Magnusson. Hanson

Affiliation Institute for Stress Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Ellen Imbernon

Affiliation Département Santé Travail, Institut de veille sanitaire, Saint Maurice, France

Sophie Bonnaud

Affiliations Inserm, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Population-based Cohorts Research Platform, F-94807, Villejuif, France, Public Health Department, Université de Versailles Saint Quentin, Villejuif, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MHB. Analyzed the data: MHB EA TT MG HW CL LMH EI SB. Wrote the paper: MHB EA. Co-Constructed and adapted the detailed study design to each country: MHB EA TT MG HW CL LMH EI SB. Liaised with investigators in each country study: MHB. Coordinated and performed the multi-country data analysis: EA. Interpreted the results, revised the text and approved the final version: MHB EA TT MG HW CL LMH EI SB.