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Authors
Sharma, Anukriti
Richardson, Miles
Cralle, Lauren
Stamper, Christopher E.
Maestre, Juan P.
Stearns-Yoder, Kelly A.
Postolache, Teodor T.
Bates, Katherine L.
Kinney, Kerry A.
Brenner, Lisa A.
Lowry, Christopher A.
Gilbert, Jack A.
Hoisington, Andrew J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5773-7765
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (G-2016-7077)
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Received: 18 June 2018
Accepted: 22 April 2019
First Online: 2 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All participants for this study were volunteers that signed consent forms. Participants were recruited by fellow cadets so they would not feel undue pressure to participate due to a military rank structure (PI is Lieutenant Colonel) or academic rank (PI and Co-PI were active professors at USAFA). The study was approved by the USAFA Institutional Review Board with a control number FAC20160046H and title “Longitudinal Assessment of the Influence of Lifestyle Homogenization on the Microbiome of the Built Environment in a Cohort of United States Air Force Cadets”. This study was also approved by the Vice Commandant of the USAFA who ensures research does not interfere with the cadets’ schedules.
: This publication was approved for publication by the United States Air Force Academy, publication # USAFA-DF-2018-244.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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