About the Authors
- Richard Long
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* E-mail: richard.long@ualberta.ca
Affiliations Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Courtney Heffernan
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Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Zhiwei Gao
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Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
- Mary Lou Egedahl
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Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- James Talbot
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Affiliations School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Alberta Health Province of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RL CH. Performed the experiments: RL CH ZG ME JT. Analyzed the data: RL CH ZG ME. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RL CH ZG ME JT. Wrote the paper: RL CH ZG ME JT. Obtained ethics approvals and administrative approvals for the study: CH.