About the Authors

Carol A. Giffen

Contributed equally to this work with: Carol A. Giffen, Elizabeth L. Wagner, John T. Adams

giffenc@imsweb.com

Affiliation Information Management Services, Inc., Calverton, Maryland, United States of America

Elizabeth L. Wagner

Contributed equally to this work with: Carol A. Giffen, Elizabeth L. Wagner, John T. Adams

Affiliation Translational Blood Science and Resources Branch, Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

John T. Adams

Contributed equally to this work with: Carol A. Giffen, Elizabeth L. Wagner, John T. Adams

Affiliation Information Management Services, Inc., Calverton, Maryland, United States of America

Denise M. Hitchcock

Affiliation Information Management Services, Inc., Calverton, Maryland, United States of America

Lisbeth A. Welniak

Affiliation Translational Blood Science and Resources Branch, Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sean P. Brennan

Affiliation Information Management Services, Inc., Calverton, Maryland, United States of America

Leslie E. Carroll

Affiliation Information Management Services, Inc., Calverton, Maryland, United States of America

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Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CAG ELW. Data curation: JTA DMH SPB LEC. Formal analysis: JTA LEC. Investigation: CAG ELW JTA DMH LAW SPB LEC. Methodology: CAG ELW JTA LEC. Project administration: CAG ELW LEC. Resources: JTA LEC. Software: JTA SPB LEC. Supervision: CAG ELW LAW SPB LEC. Validation: JTA LEC. Visualization: CAG ELW JTA SPB LEC. Writing – original draft: CAG ELW LEC. Writing – review & editing: CAG ELW JTA DMH LAW SPB LEC.