About the Authors

Yan Kestens

yan.kestens@umontreal.ca

Affiliations Social and Preventive Medicine Department, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, CRCHUM – Montreal University Hospital Research Centre, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Alexandre Lebel

Affiliations CRCHUM – Montreal University Hospital Research Centre, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Basile Chaix

Affiliation INSERM – Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France

Christelle Clary

Affiliation CRCHUM – Montreal University Hospital Research Centre, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Mark Daniel

Affiliation Samson Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

Robert Pampalon

Affiliation INSPQ, Quebec National Institute for Public Health, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Marius Theriault

Affiliation ESAD – Ecole Superieure d'Amenagement et Développement, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

S. V. p Subramanian

Affiliation Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YK AL. Performed the experiments: YK AL. Analyzed the data: YK AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YK AL BC CC MD SVS RP MT. Wrote the paper: YK AL BC CC MD SVS.