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Corresponding Author: Matthew Triplette, 325 9th Avenue, Campus Box 359762 Seattle, Washington 98104. mtrip@uw.edu.
Author contributions: MT, AJ, JT, KA, KC contributed to the conception and design of the manuscript; AJ, JT, STB, MBG, JWK, MCRB, GWSH, CW, KC contributed to the acquisition of data; MT, AJ, EFA, JT, KC conducted the data analysis and interpretation of the data; MT drafted the article; all authors revised the article for important intellectual content and approved the final version of the article.
The authors thanks the Veterans who participated in EXHALE and the coordinators who made the study possible.
This material is the result of work supported with the resources and the use of facilities at the Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, New Haven, CT; Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX; Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA; the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA; and the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
This work was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (R01 HL090342 to Dr. Crothers, and T32 HL007287 supporting Dr. Triplette under Drs. Robb Glenny and J. Randall Curtis).
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