About the Authors
- Tamar Lasky
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* E-mail: tlasky@mie-epi.com
Affiliation MIE Resources, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America
- Jay Greenspan
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Affiliation Thomas Jefferson University, Nemours Children’s Clinics, Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America
- Frank R. Ernst
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Affiliation Clinical and Outcomes Research, Premier Research Services, Premier Healthcare Alliance, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
- Liliana Gonzalez
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Affiliation Computer Science and Statistics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests. Frank Ernst is employed by Premier Research Services, the company that produced the database used in the analysis. Tamar Lasky is President and owner of MIE Resources. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TL JG FE LG. Performed the experiments: TL JG FE LG. Analyzed the data: TL LG. Wrote the paper: TL JG FE LG.