About the Authors

Frank C. Curriero

fcurrier@jhsph.edu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Sciences and Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Martin Kulldorff

Affiliation Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Francis P. Boscoe

Affiliation New York State Cancer Registry, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America

Ann C. Klassen

Affiliation Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FC MK FB ACK. Performed the experiments: FC. Analyzed the data: FC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FC ACK. Wrote the paper: FC MK FB ACK.