About the Authors

Thomas Niederkrotenthaler

thomas.niederkrotenthaler@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Scientific Education and Professional Development Program Office, Division of Applied Sciences, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Current affiliation: Medical University of Vienna, Center for Public Health, Department of General Practice and Family Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Erin M. Parker

Affiliations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Scientific Education and Professional Development Program Office, Division of Applied Sciences, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Fernando Ovalle

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Rebecca E. Noe

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health, Division Of Environmental Hazards & Health Effects, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jeneita Bell

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Likang Xu

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Analysis, Research, and Practice Integration, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Melissa A. Morrison

Affiliations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Montgomery, Alabama, United States of America

Caitlin E. Mertzlufft

Affiliation Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Division Of Toxicology And Human Health Sciences, Geospatial Research, Analysis And Services Program, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

David E. Sugerman

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TN DES LX CEM. Performed the experiments: CEM TN DES LX FO JB MAM REN EP. Analyzed the data: DES TN LX CEM FO EP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CEM TN DES LX FO JB MAM REN EP. Wrote the paper: TN DES LX CEM. Revised for important intellectual content: CEM TN DES LX FO JB MAM REN EP. Approved final version of the manuscript for submission: CEM TN DES LX FO JB MAM REN EP.