About the Authors

Olivia Oxlade

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

Marcia Pinto

Affiliation Department of Research, Fernandes Figueira Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Anete Trajman

Affiliation Gama Filho University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Dick Menzies

dick.menzies@mcgill.ca

Affiliation Respiratory Epidemiology & Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OO AT DM. Analyzed the data: OO MP AT DM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OO MP AT DM. Wrote the paper: OO.