About the Authors
- Nino Künzli
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* E-mail: Nino.Kuenzli@unibas.ch
Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Basel, Switzerland, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology CREAL, Barcelona, Spain
- Michael Jerrett
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Affiliation Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Raquel Garcia-Esteban
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Affiliation Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology CREAL, Barcelona, Spain
- Xavier Basagaña
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Affiliation Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology CREAL, Barcelona, Spain
- Bernardo Beckermann
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Affiliation Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Frank Gilliland
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Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Merce Medina
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Affiliation Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology CREAL, Barcelona, Spain
- John Peters
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Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Howard N. Hodis
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Affiliation Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Wendy J. Mack
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Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NK HNH WJM. Performed the experiments: HNH WJM. Analyzed the data: NK MJ RGE XB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJ BB FG MM WJM. Wrote the paper: NK MJ. Initiated project, idea of pooling of 5 trials: NK. Lead development of all exposure assessment models: MJ. Statistical advice, contributed to writing the paper: XB. Conducted spatial models for exposure assessment: BB. Input in analysis strategy, review of manuscript versions: FG JMP. Reviewed paper: MM. Reviewed and revised manuscript: HNH. Revised manuscript: WJM.