About the Authors
- Ming-Chi Lu
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Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
- Wen-Yao Yin
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Affiliations School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Division of General Surgery, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
- Tzung-Yi Tsai
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Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, Department of Nursing, Tzu Chi College of Technology, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Malcolm Koo
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* E-mail: m.koo@utoronto.ca (MK); tzuchilai@gmail.com (NL)
Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Ning-Sheng Lai
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* E-mail: m.koo@utoronto.ca (MK); tzuchilai@gmail.com (NL)
Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MCL WYY NSL. Performed the experiments: MK TYT MCL. Analyzed the data: MK TYT MCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCL WYY NSL. Wrote the paper: MCL MK.