Duarte, Christine W.
Black, Adam W.
Lucas, F. Lee
Vary, Calvin P. H.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Center for Research Resources (P30RR030927/P30GM103392, P20RR018789/P20GM103465)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01 HL083151)
Article History
Received: 20 July 2016
Accepted: 12 September 2016
First Online: 16 September 2016
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
: This project was considered exempt from human subjects research by the Maine Medical Center IRB due to use of only deidentified data. These data were provided by SEER Medicare under an approved data use agreement, and this manuscript has been approved by SEER Medicare.
: This is not applicable as this research was considered exempt from human subjects research by the Maine Medical Center IRB.