About the Authors
- Wei Song
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Avima M. Ruder
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Affiliation National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Liangyuan Hu
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Yufeng Li
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Rong Ni
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Wenshuo Shao
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Richard A. Kaslow
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- MaryAnn Butler
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Affiliation National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Jianming Tang
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* E-mail: jtang@uab.edu
Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AMR YL RK MB JT. Performed the experiments: WS LH RN WS. Analyzed the data: WS AMR LH YL WS MB JT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMR RN RK MB JT. Wrote the paper: WS AMR LH YL RK JT. Reviewed the literature: JT AMR.