Taylor, Shannon Stark
Hughes, Jaime M.
Coffman, Cynthia J.
Jeffreys, Amy S.
Ulmer, Christi S.
Oddone, Eugene Z.
Bosworth, Hayden B.
Yancy, William S. Jr
Allen, Kelli D.
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (IIR-10-126, CIN 13-410, TPH 21-000, TPH 21-000, 08-027)
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (P60 AR062760)
Article History
Received: 23 October 2017
Accepted: 26 February 2018
First Online: 9 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The institutional review board of the Department of Veterans Affairs HealthCare System in Durham, NC (DVAHCS) approved this study. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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