About the Authors

Amelie G. Ramirez

ramirezag@uthscsa.edu

Affiliation Institute for Health Promotion Research and Cancer Therapy and Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Nancy S. Weiss

Affiliation Institute for Health Promotion Research, University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Alan E. C. Holden

Affiliation Institute for Health Promotion Research and Cancer Therapy and Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Lucina Suarez

Affiliation Environmental Epidemiology and Disease Registries, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Sharon P. Cooper

Affiliation School of Public Health-University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Edgar Munoz

Affiliation Institute for Health Promotion Research, University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Susan L. Naylor

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AGR LS. Performed the experiments: NSW LS. Analyzed the data: NSW EM AECH. Wrote the paper: NSW LS AGR AECH SPC EM SLN. Reviewed/edited the manuscript: AGR NSW AECH LS SPC EM SLN.