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Vanessa J M Al Rashida1, Xin Wang, Orrin B Myers

  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Drs al Rashida, Wang, Myers, Boyce, Kocher, Assad, Cook, Sood); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas (Dr al Rashida); and Black Lung Program, Miners' Colfax Medical Center, Raton, New Mexico (Moreno, Karr, Dr Sood).

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