Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (1U2CES026542-01)
Article History
Received: 14 October 2019
Revised: 16 December 2019
Accepted: 16 January 2020
First Online: 4 February 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
: Human nails were collected with the consent of anonymous donors at the Wadsworth Center. The NYS DOH Institutional Review Board (IRB) determined that anonymous nail specimen collection for this study did not meet the Federal definition of Human Subjects Research and thus did not require IRB oversight. The animal use protocol (number 16-096) associated with this study was approved by the Wadsworth Center Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). The Center is accredited by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.