Zhong, Qiu-Yue https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1666-8913
Gelaye, Bizu
Fricchione, Gregory L.
Avillach, Paul
Karlson, Elizabeth W.
Williams, Michelle A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (T37-MD001449)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (8UL1TR 000170-09)
Article History
Received: 14 March 2017
Accepted: 19 April 2018
First Online: 2 May 2018
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