Inhaled Pharmacotherapy and Stroke Risk in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Nationwide Population Based Study Using Two-Stage Approach

• Hui-Wen Lin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hui-Wen Lin, Chi-Li Chung

  Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chi-Li Chung ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hui-Wen Lin, Chi-Li Chung

  Affiliations School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• You Shuei Lin,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chia-Ming Yu,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chun-Nin Lee,

  Affiliations School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Mauo-Ying Bien

  * E-mail: mybien@tmu.edu.tw

  Affiliations School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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