About the Authors

Mathilda L. Bongers

Current address: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School for Oncology and Developmental Biology (GROW), Maastricht University Medical Centre +, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Janneke G. F. Hogervorst

jgf.hogervorst@epid.unimaas.nl

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School for Oncology and Developmental Biology (GROW), Maastricht University Medical Centre +, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Leo J. Schouten

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School for Oncology and Developmental Biology (GROW), Maastricht University Medical Centre +, Maastricht, The Netherlands

R. Alexandra Goldbohm

Affiliation Division Quality of Life, Department of Prevention and Health, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Leiden, The Netherlands

Harry C. Schouten

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre +, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Piet A. van den Brandt

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School for Oncology and Developmental Biology (GROW), Maastricht University Medical Centre +, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JGFH LJS RAG HCS PAvdB. Analyzed the data: MLB JGFH. Wrote the paper: MLB. Drafted the manuscript or revised it critically for important intellectual content: MLB JGFH LJS RAG HCS PAvdB. Final approval of the version to be published: MLB JGFH LJS RAG HCS PAvdB.