About the Authors

Elena Critselis

Affiliation Second University Department of Pediatrics, “P. & A. Kyriakou” Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

Panagiotis T. Nastos

Affiliation Laboratory of Climatology and Atmospheric Environment, Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Kalliopi Theodoridou

Affiliation First University Department of Pediatrics, “Aghia Sophia” Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

Maria Theodoridou

Affiliation First University Department of Pediatrics, “Aghia Sophia” Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

Maria N. Tsolia

Affiliation Second University Department of Pediatrics, “P. & A. Kyriakou” Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

Christos Hadjichristodoulou

Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Thessaly School of Medicine, Thessaly, Greece

Vassiliki Papaevangelou

vpapaev@med.uoa.gr

Affiliation Second University Department of Pediatrics, “P. & A. Kyriakou” Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VP MT EC. Performed the experiments: PN KT VP EC. Analyzed the data: EC PN CH VP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KT MT MNT PN VP EC. Wrote the paper: EC VP PN MT MNT CH.