Landmesser, Anne
Scherer, Gerhard
Pluym, Nikola
Niessner, Reinhard
Scherer, Max
Funding for this research was provided by:
Altria Group
Article History
Received: 3 June 2020
Revised: 23 July 2020
Accepted: 14 August 2020
First Online: 25 August 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Authors Gerhard Scherer, Max Scherer, Nikola Pluym, and Anne Landmesser work for ABF GmbH, Planegg, an independent contract research laboratory and declare no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper. Reinhard Niessner, full Professor (emeritus) and Chair holder for Analytical Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, declares no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this paper.
: A clinical study was conducted at the Clinical Trial Center (CTC) North (Hamburg, Germany). Ethical approval was received according to the Helsinki declaration by the Ethical Commission of the Medical Chamber of Hamburg (Germany).