About the Authors

Mary Charlson

mecharl@med.cornell.edu

Affiliation Center for Integrative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States of America

Martin T. Wells

Affiliation Department of Statistical Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America

Ralph Ullman

Affiliation 1199SEIU Benefit and Pension Funds, New York, NY, United States of America

Fionnuala King

Affiliation 1199SEIU Benefit and Pension Funds, New York, NY, United States of America

Celia Shmukler

Affiliation 1199SEIU Benefit and Pension Funds, New York, NY, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC CS RU. Performed the experiments: CS FK RU. Analyzed the data: MW FK RU MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS RU FK. Wrote the paper: MW MC RU.