About the Authors
- Anthony Tam
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Affiliation The UBC James Hogg Research Centre, Providence Heart + Lung Centre & Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Samuel Wadsworth
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Affiliation The UBC James Hogg Research Centre, Providence Heart + Lung Centre & Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Delbert Dorscheid
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Affiliation The UBC James Hogg Research Centre, Providence Heart + Lung Centre & Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Shu-Fan Paul Man
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Affiliation The UBC James Hogg Research Centre, Providence Heart + Lung Centre & Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Don D. Sin
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* E-mail: Don.Sin@hli.ubc.ca
Affiliation The UBC James Hogg Research Centre, Providence Heart + Lung Centre & Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Competing Interests
Dr. Don Sin holds a Canadian Research Chair in COPD. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AT SW DD SFPM DDS. Performed the experiments: AT SW. Analyzed the data: AT DDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AT SW DD DDS. Wrote the paper: AT SW DD SFPM DDS.