About the Authors
- Earl S. Ford
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* E-mail: eford@cdc.gov
Affiliation Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- David M. Mannino
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Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
- Anne G. Wheaton
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Affiliation Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Letitia Presley-Cantrell
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Affiliation Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Yong Liu
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Affiliation Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Wayne H. Giles
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Affiliation Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Janet B. Croft
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Affiliation Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr Mannino has the following potential conflicts of interest and financial disclosures to declare: Received honoraria/consulting fees and served on speaker bureaus for GlaxoSmithKline plc, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer Inc., AstraZeneca PLC, Forest Laboratories Inc., and Creative Educational Concepts. Furthermore, he has received royalties from Up-to-Date. The remaining authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EF. Analyzed the data: EF AW. Wrote the paper: EF DM AW LP YL WG JB.