Deployed Veterans exhibit distinct respiratory patterns and greater dyspnea during maximal cardiopulmonary exercise: A case-control study

• Thomas Alexander,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation VA Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits Center of Excellence, VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7770-6739

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• Matthew A. Watson,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation VA Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits Center of Excellence, VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Jacquelyn C. Klein-Adams,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation VA Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits Center of Excellence, VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Duncan S. Ndirangu,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation VA Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits Center of Excellence, VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Jorge M. Serrador,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Michael J. Falvo ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work as senior author

  Affiliations VA Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits Center of Excellence, VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9348-6676

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• Jacob B. Lindheimer

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Jacob.Lindheimer@va.gov

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work as senior author

  Affiliations William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1581-3210

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