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Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan City 320, Taiwan

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Department of Pulmonary, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 220, Taiwan

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Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan

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Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan

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Division of Clinical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 407, Taiwan

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Department of Thoracic Medicine, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan

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Department of Pulmonary, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan

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Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan

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Ph.D. Program in Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan

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Department of Recreation and Holistic Wellness, MingDao University, Changhua 403, Taiwan

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