Velasco-Torres, Yadira
Ruiz-López, Victor
Pérez-Bautista, Oliver
Buendía-Roldan, Ivette
Ramírez-Venegas, Alejandra
Pérez-Ramos, Julia
Falfán-Valencia, Ramcés
Ramos, Carlos
Montaño, Martha http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7296-3365
Funding for this research was provided by:
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (FOSISS; SALUD-2016-1-272301)
Article History
Received: 15 March 2019
Accepted: 31 October 2019
First Online: 27 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Science, Bioethics and Biosafety Committees of the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases Ismael Cosío Villegas approved the study (INER) in Mexico City. All participants of the study were recruited at the COPD Clinic of INER, a signed informed consent form was obtained from all participants. The research was developed according with the Official Mexican Standard NOM-012-SSA3–2012, which establishes the criteria for the execution of research projects for human health. The protocol approved at INER was the B15 15.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.