- Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent’s Medical Centre, Bridgeport, CT, United States of America
- Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre-Shadyside, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
- Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent Charity Medical Centre, Cleveland, OH, United States of America
- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
- Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Centre, Beirut, Lebanon
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