,
Leitao Filho, Fernando Sergio
Ra, Seung Won
Mattman, Andre
Schellenberg, Robert S.
Criner, Gerard J.
Woodruff, Prescott G.
Lazarus, Stephen C.
Albert, Richard
Connett, John E.
Han, Meilan K.
Martinez, Fernando J.
Leung, Janice M.
Paul Man, S. F.
Aaron, Shawn D.
Reed, Robert M.
Sin, Don D.
Funding for this research was provided by:
BC Lung Association
Canadian Respiratory Research Network
Article History
Received: 15 January 2018
Accepted: 31 January 2018
First Online: 14 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Both trials received approval from each participating institutions’ local research ethics board. This analysis received approval from the University of British Columbia/Providence Health Care Research Ethics Committee (Approval No. H16–03232).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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