López, Astrid Berena Herrera http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7291-5985
Torres-Duque, Carlos A. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0004-8955
Arbeláez, María Patricia http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2435-4658
Roa, Néstor Yezid Rojas
Riojas-Rodríguez, Horacio
Sangrador, José Luis Texcalac
Herrera, Víctor http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6295-1640
Rodríguez-Villamizar, Laura Andrea http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5551-2586
Funding for this research was provided by:
Industrial University of Santander
Article History
Received: 10 April 2024
Accepted: 12 June 2024
First Online: 13 August 2024
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: The authors declare that they have no competing financial interests or known personal relationships that could have influenced the work reported in this paper. The authors are solely responsible for the content and writing of the article.
: This work was approved by the Ethics Committee of the National School of Public Health of the University of Antioquia (Comité de Ética de la Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública de la Universidad de Antioquia), the Research Committee, and the Ethics Committee of the Colombian Pneumology Foundation (Comité de Ética de la Fundación Neumológica Colombiana). The study received no direct funding. The ecological data were obtained from administrative records.