Chen, Chien-Hua
Lin, Cheng-Li
Hsu, Chung-Y.
Kao, Chia-Hung
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW107-TDU-B-212-123004)
Article History
Received: 21 February 2018
Accepted: 28 June 2018
First Online: 7 July 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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