About the Authors

Yalda Jafari

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Canada

Rosanna W. Peeling

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Sushmita Shivkumar

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Canada

Christiane Claessens

Affiliation Institut national de santé publique (INSPQ), Montréal, Canada

Lawrence Joseph

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Canada, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University and MUHC, Montréal, Canada

Nitika Pant Pai

nitika.pai@mcgill.ca

Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University and MUHC, Montréal, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YJ NPP RP. Performed the experiments: YJ SS CC LJ RP NPP. Analyzed the data: YJ LJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YJ RP SS CC LJ NPP. Wrote the paper: YJ RP SS CC LJ NPP.