About the Authors
- Tracy K. Richmond
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* E-mail: tracy.richmond@childrens.harvard.edu
Affiliation Division of Adolescent Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Marc N. Elliott
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Affiliation Statistics, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, United States of America
- Luisa Franzini
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Affiliation Division of Management, Policy, and Community Health, The University of Texas School of Public Health/Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Research Program in Payment Systems and Policies, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Ichiro Kawachi
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Affiliation Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Margaret O. Caughy
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Affiliation University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- M. Janice Gilliland
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Affiliation Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Courtney E. Walls
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Affiliation Epidemiology, Decision Resources, Burlington, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Frank A. Franklin
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Affiliation Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Richard Lowry
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Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Stephen W. Banspach
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Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Mark A. Schuster
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TKR MNE MAS IK FF CEW. Analyzed the data: TKR MNE MAS IK CEW. Wrote the paper: TKR CEW MNE MAS. Helped conceive of, design, and recruit for the cohort from which this study is designed: MOC MJG FAF SWP RL LF. Reviewed and edited the manuscript: MOC MJG FAF SWP RL LF.