The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/12/382/prepub We acknowledge the NIH Fellows Editorial Board, Serena Fuller and Marc Bulterys for editorial and manuscript preparation assistance.
Editorial assistance with manuscript preparation was provided by Meridian HealthComms, funded by CSL Behring.
During the development of this manuscript, editorial support was provided by Richard Daniel, PhD, of PAREXEL, and was funded by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
RTF, FS, RNH, LJA, JDA, BCB, JC, XH, LFL, CP, LPS, and HAK provided substantive interpretation and editorial comments on manuscript drafts.
We also thank àngels Pont and Aurea Martin for their support in some of the statistical analysis and manuscript editorial management.
Drs JS, TA, and DSA helped with survey design, and data collection and analysis, and provided editorial input for manuscript write-up.
Drs MB, MRC, and GMC helped secure funding for data collection, advised survey design, and provided editorial input for manuscript write-up.
The ASSURE study was supported by Theravance, Inc. Editorial support during manuscript development was provided by Emily Howard, a medical writer formerly with Envision Scientific Solutions, funded by Theravance , Inc
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