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Address correspondence to M.-A. Verner, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Université de Montréal, 2375 chemin de la Cote-Sainte-Catherine, Suite 4105, Montréal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1A8. Telephone: (514) 343-6465. E-mail: verner.marcandre@gmail.com
M.A.V. conducted this study as a consultant for the Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences, an independent nonprofit organization.
The following authors received no compensation from DuPont or 3M: N.H.M., R.M., M.M., M.M., R.K., C.M., M.H.C., W.S.H., and M.P.L.
R.M. was employed by Aegis Technologies, Huntsville, Alabama.
All authors certify that their freedom to design, conduct, interpret, and publish research was not compromised by any sponsor.
The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests.
This study was supported by grants from DuPont and 3M, and by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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