About the Authors

Lorenzo Monasta

monasta@burlo.trieste.it

Affiliation Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, Italy

Luca Ronfani

Affiliation Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, Italy

Federico Marchetti

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, Italy

Marcella Montico

Affiliation Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, Italy

Liza Vecchi Brumatti

Affiliation Research Direction, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, Italy

Alessandro Bavcar

Affiliation Unit for Health Services Research and International Health, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, Italy

Domenico Grasso

Affiliation Ear, Nose and Throat Unit, Department of Paediatric Surgery, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, Italy

Chiara Barbiero

Affiliation Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, Italy

Giorgio Tamburlini

Affiliation Research Direction, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LM LR MM GT FM DG. Performed the experiments: LM LR AB MM LVB CB. Analyzed the data: LM LR MM AB LVB CB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LM LR AB. Wrote the paper: LM LR FM GT FM.