About the Authors
- Richard W. Browne
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* E-mail: rwbrowne@buffalo.edu
Affiliation Department of Biotechnical and Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Alpdogan Kantarci
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Affiliation Department of Periodontology, The Forsyth Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Michael J. LaMonte
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Affiliation Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Christopher A. Andrews
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Kathleen M. Hovey
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Affiliation Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Karen L. Falkner
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Affiliation Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Ali Cekici
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Affiliation Department of Periodontology, The Forsyth Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Danielle Stephens
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Affiliation Department of Periodontology, The Forsyth Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Robert J. Genco
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Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Frank A. Scannapieco
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Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Thomas E. Van Dyke
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Affiliation Department of Periodontology, The Forsyth Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Jean Wactawski-Wende
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Affiliation Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Edited and proofread manuscript: CAA KMH AC DS RJG FAS TEV JWW. Conceived and designed the experiments: RWB AK MJL RJG FAS TEV JWW. Performed the experiments: RWB AK AC DS. Analyzed the data: RWB AK CAA KMH KLF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RWB AK RJG FAS TEV JWW. Wrote the paper: RWB AK MJL KLF.