About the Authors

Itai Kloog

ikloog@bgu.ac.il

Affiliations Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, Department of Environmental Health - Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Francesco Nordio

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health - Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Antonella Zanobetti

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health - Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Brent A. Coull

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Petros Koutrakis

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health - Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Joel D. Schwartz

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health - Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IK JS. Performed the experiments: IK AZ FN. Analyzed the data: IK FN AZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PK BC. Wrote the paper: IK JS.