Fewer acute respiratory infection episodes among patients receiving treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease

• Herng-Ching Lin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Herng-Ching Lin, Chung-Chien Huang

  Affiliations School of Health Care Administration, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Research Center of Sleep Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Sudha Xirasagar,

  Affiliation Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, United States of America

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• Shiu-Dong Chung,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Banciao, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chung-Chien Huang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Herng-Ching Lin, Chung-Chien Huang

  Affiliation School of Health Care Administration, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Ming-Chieh Tsai,

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cathay General Hospital, Hsinchu Branch, Taiwan

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• Chao-Hung Chen

  * E-mail: s448@eip.mkc.edu.tw

  Affiliations Research Center of Sleep Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department & Institute of Physiology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Cosmetic Applications and Management, Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Thoracic Surgery, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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