About the Authors
- Adam J. Streeter
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Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft
* E-mail: streeter@exchange.wwu.de
Affiliations Institute for Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Medical Statistics, Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom, Institute for Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
- Lauren R. Rodgers
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Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute for Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
- Jane Masoli
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Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute for Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
- Nan X. Lin
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Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Alessandro Blé
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Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute for Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
- Willie Hamilton
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Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute for Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
- William E. Henley
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Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute for Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Further to the competing interests section, Alessandro Blé has since joined Glaxo-Smith Kline and so “Alessandro Blé is currently an employee of Glaxo-Smith Kline (GSK) and declares that GSK had neither a role nor influence in the study design, data collection, preparation of the manuscript or decision to publish. The authors have no other potentially competing interests to declare. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.