About the Authors
- Alice Zwerling
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Respiratory Epidemiology & Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, Montreal, Canada
- Mihaela Cojocariu
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Affiliations Respiratory Epidemiology & Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, Montreal, Canada, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
- Fiona McIntosh
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Affiliation Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
- Filomena Pietrangelo
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Affiliation Department of Occupational Health & Safety, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
- Marcel A. Behr
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Respiratory Epidemiology & Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, Montreal, Canada, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
- Kevin Schwartzman
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Affiliations Respiratory Epidemiology & Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, Montreal, Canada, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
- Andrea Benedetti
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Respiratory Epidemiology & Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, Montreal, Canada
- Nandini Dendukuri
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Dick Menzies
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Respiratory Epidemiology & Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, Montreal, Canada, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
- Madhukar Pai
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* E-mail: madhukar.pai@mcgill.ca
Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Respiratory Epidemiology & Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, Montreal, Canada
Competing Interests
MP serves on the editorial boards of PLoS One and PLoS Medicine. He is a Section Editor with PLoS One. MB is co-author of a United States patent on molecular differences between species of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. U.S. patent filed May 25, 1999 Bozicevic, Field and Francis, LLP, Palo Alto, CA, 94301. Serial number 09/313,191. Issued as U.S. patent 6,291,190 B1 October 2001. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AZ DM MB KS MP. Performed the experiments: AZ MC FM FP. Analyzed the data: AZ AB ND MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB. Wrote the paper: AZ MP. Revised the manuscript: AB ND MB DM KS.