Lu, Ping
Yang, Nan-Ping
Chang, Nien-Tzu
Lai, K. Robert
Lin, Kai-Biao
Chan, Chien-Lung
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST-105-2221-E-155-041-MY3, MOST-104-2218-E-155-004)
Xiamen Overseas Students (XRS201631401)
Article History
Received: 22 August 2017
Accepted: 6 February 2018
First Online: 13 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the research ethics committee of the Taoyuan General Hospital (Approval Number: TYGH103015), which has been certified by the Ministry of Health & Welfare of Taiwan, and the research protocol was reviewed by the National Health Research Institutes (Agreement Number: NHIRD-104-081).
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