About the Authors

Carmen J. Marsit

Carmen.J.Marsit@dartmouth.edu

Affiliation Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Community and Family Medicine Section Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Matthew A. Maccani

Affiliations Division of Behavioral Genetics, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

James F. Padbury

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Brown Alpert Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Barry M. Lester

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, The Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Brown Alpert Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJM JFP BML. Performed the experiments: CJM MAM. Analyzed the data: CJM MAM. Wrote the paper: CJM JFP BML MAM.