About the Authors

Günther Fink

gfink@hsph.harvard.edu.

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

Christopher R. Sudfeld

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

Goodarz Danaei

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

Majid Ezzati

Affiliation MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Wafaie W. Fawzi

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GF CS ME WF. Performed the experiments: GF CS GD. Analyzed the data: GF CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GF CS GD. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: GF CS GD ME WF.