Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST 106-2320-B-039-022)
National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan (MOHW106-NRICM-C-104-000002)
Health and welfare surcharge of tobacco products, China Medical University Hospital Cancer Research Center of Excellence (MOHW106-TDU-B-212-113004)
China Medical University Hospital (DMR-107-003, DMR-107-006 and DMR-107-164)
Chinese Medicine Research Center, China Medical University under the Higher Education Sprout Project, Ministry of Education, Taiwan (CMRC-CHM-1)
Article History
Received: 14 August 2018
Accepted: 14 December 2018
First Online: 28 January 2019
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