About the Authors
- Francisco García-Rio
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* E-mail: fgr01m@gmail.com
Affiliation Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain, and CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain
- Joan B. Soriano
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Affiliation Fundación Caubet-CIMERA Illes Balears, Bunyola, Illes Balears, Spain, and CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Illes Balears, Spain
- Marc Miravitlles
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Affiliation Pneumology Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
- Luis Muñoz
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Affiliation Pneumology Department, Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain
- Enric Duran-Tauleria
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Affiliation Centro de Investigación en Epidemiología Ambiental – CREAL, Barcelona, Spain
- Guadalupe Sánchez
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Affiliation Medical Department, GlaxoSmithkline S.A., Madrid, Spain
- Victor Sobradillo
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Affiliation Pneumology Department, Hospital de Cruces, Bilbao, Spain
- Julio Ancochea
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Affiliation Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa, Madrid, Spain
Competing Interests
One of coauthors (GS) is a full-time employee of GlaxoSmithKline, drug manufacturer and sponsor of the study. However, the subject of the study is epidemiological with no drugs involved. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The rest of authors do not have any conflict of interest with relation to the contents of the manuscript.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FGR JBS MM LM EDT GS VS JA. Performed the experiments: FGR JBS MM LM EDT GS VS JA. Analyzed the data: FGR JBS MM LM EDT GS VS JA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FGR JBS MM LM EDT GS VS JA. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: FGR JBS MM LM EDT GS VS JA. Obtained permissions for the study: GS FGR JA MM. Vouched for the veracity and completeness of the data and the data analyses: FGR JBS MM LM EDT VS JA.