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  • 1From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Dr Dang and LCDR Dowell), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio. LCDR Dowell is currently working at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Office of the Director, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr Dang is currently working at Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Houston, Texas, and the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Houston, Texas.

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|January 25, 2014
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