Acknowledgement
The authors thank all participants and research assistants for helping and organizing this study. The authors also thank all nurses in Specialty Cline Pulmonary-Allergy & Immunology, Phramongkutklao hospital, Bangkok who provided a place for collecting data and Supranee Buranapraditkun, Ph.D. for cytokines and oxidative stress analysis.
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