About the Authors
- Justin Yang
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Affiliations Department of Environmental Health, Environmental & Occupational Medicine & Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, The Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Andrea Farioli
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Affiliations Department of Environmental Health, Environmental & Occupational Medicine & Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Maria Korre
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Affiliations Department of Environmental Health, Environmental & Occupational Medicine & Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, The Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Stefanos N. Kales
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* E-mail: skales@hsph.harvard.edu
Affiliations Department of Environmental Health, Environmental & Occupational Medicine & Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, The Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Kales reports serving as a paid expert witness, independent medical examiner, or both, in workers’ compensation and disability cases, including cases involving firefighters. No other disclosures were reported. This does not alter the authors′ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SNK. Analyzed the data: AF. Wrote the paper: JY AF MK. Interpretation of the results: JY AF MK SNK. Revised the article critically for important intellectual content: JY AF MK SNK. Approved the final version to be published: JY AF MK SNK.