Beech, Bettina M.
Bruce, Marino A.
Crump, Mary E.
Hamilton, Gina E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Office of Minority Health (1 CPIMP091054-04)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (1 K01 HL88735-05)
Article History
Received: 23 February 2016
Revised: 21 March 2016
Accepted: 28 March 2016
First Online: 29 April 2016
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Dr. Beech, Dr. Bruce, Mrs. Crump, and Ms. Hamilton have no financial relationships with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health (Prime Award Number 1 CPIMP091054–04) or the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (1 K01 HL88735–05) and declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 (5). Informed consent was obtained from all participants for being included in the study.