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de Jong J., Dorer B., Lee S., Yan T., and Villar A. (2019).

Overview of questionnaire design and testing.

In T.P. Johnson, B. Pennell, I. Stoop, and B. Dorer (Eds.), Advances in comparative survey methods: Multinational, multiregional, and multicultural contexts (3MC) (pp. 115-138). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
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Moss J.L., Stinchcomb D.G., and Yu M. (2019).

Providing higher resolution indicators of rurality in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database: Implications for patient privacy and research.

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention, 28(9), 1409-1416.
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Lewis T., Gorsak M., and Yount N. (2019).

An automated refusal conversion strategy for web surveys.

Field Methods, 31(4), 309-327.
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Fine A.D., Fountain E., and Vidal S. (2019).

Juveniles' beliefs about and perceptions of probation predict technical violations and delinquency.

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 25(2), 116-125.
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Yan T. and Cantor D. (2019).

Asking survey questions about criminal justice involvement.

Public Health Reports, 134(1 Sup), 46s-56s.
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Psoter W.J., Morse D.E., Kerr A.R., Tomar S.L., Aguilar M.L., Harris D.R., Stone L.H., Makhija S.K., Kaste L.M., Strumwasser B., Pihlstrom D.J., Masterson E.E., and Meyerowitz C. (2019).

Oral cancer examinations and lesion discovery as reported by U.S. general dentists: Findings from the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.

Preventive Medicine, 124, 117-123.
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Dirajlal-Fargo S., Mussi-Pinhata M.M., Weinberg A., Yu Q., Cohen R., Harris D.R., Bowman E., Gabriel J., Kulkarni M., Funderburg N., Chakhtoura N., and McComsey G.A. (2019).

HIV-exposed-uninfected infants have increased inflammation and monocyte activation.

AIDS, 33(5), 845-853.
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Rohan E.A., Slotman B., Goettsche Tristani E., Townsend J.S., White D.E., Fultz-Butts K., and Gardner A. (2019).

Evaluating the feasibility of using a mobile app to track oncology patient navigation activities and outcomes.

Journal of Oncology Navigation and Survivorship, 10(3).
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Kirkpatrick S. I., Guenther P.M., Douglass D., Zimmerman T., Kahle L.L., Atoloye A., Marcinow M., Savoie-Roskos M.R., Dodd K.W., and Durward C. (2019).

The provision of assistance does not substantially impact the accuracy of 24-hour dietary recalls completed using the Automated Self-Administered 24-H Dietary Assessment Tool among women with low incomes.

Journal of Nutrition, 149(1), 114-122.
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Chang C.M., Rostron B.L., Chang J.T., Corey C.G., Kimmel H.L., Sosnoff C.S., Goniewicz M.L., Edwards K.C., Hatsukami D.K., Wang Y., Del Valle-Pinero A.Y., Yang M., Travers M.J., Arnstein S., Taylor K., Conway K., Ambrose B.K., Borek N., Hyland A., Wang L., Blount B.C., and van Bemmel D.M. (2019).

Biomarkers of exposure among U.S. adult cigar smokers: Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Wave 1 (2013-2014).

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention, 28(5), 943-953.
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Fales A.S., Cypel Y.S., Dunn M.E., Truelove A.L., Ishii E.K., Schneiderman A.I., and Davey V.J. (2019).

Qualitative interviewing: Testing health surveys among Vietnam war veterans at the age of 70 years.

SAGE Open, 9(1).
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Coleman B., Rostron B., Johnson S.E., Persoskie A., Pearson J., Stanton C., Choi K., Anic G., Goniewicz M.L., Cummings K.M., Kasza K.A., Silveira M.L., Delnevo C., Niaura R., Abrams D.B., Kimmel H.L., Borek N., Compton W.M., and Hyland A. (2019).

Transitions in electronic cigarette use among adults in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, Waves 1 and 2 (2013-2015).

Tobacco Control, 28(1), 50-59.
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Sawdey M.D., Day H.R., Coleman B., Gardner L.D., Johnson S.E., Limpert J., Hammad H.T., Goniewicz M.L., Abrams D.B., Stanton C.A., Pearson J.L., Kaufman A.R., Kimmel H.L., Delnevo C.D., Compton W.M., Bansal-Travers M., Niaura R.S., Hyland A., and Ambrose B.K. (2019).

Associations of risk factors of e-cigarette and cigarette use and susceptibility to use among baseline PATH study youth participants (2013-2014).

Addictive Behaviors, 91, 51-60.
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Messier K.P., Wheeler D.C., Flory A.R., Jones R.R., Nolan B.T., and Ward M.H. (2019).

Modeling groundwater nitrate exposure in private wells of North Carolina for the Agricultural Health Study.

Science of the Total Environment, 655, 512-519.
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Adler C., Friesen M.C., Yeboah E.D., Tettey Y., Biritwum R.B., Adjei A.A., Tay E., Okyne V., Mensah J.E., Truelove A., Yang B., Kelly S.P., Zhou C.K., McCullough L.E., Pardo L., Hoover R.N., Hsing A.W., Cook M.B., and Koutros S. (2019).

Usual adult occupation and risk of prostate cancer in West African men: The Ghana Prostate Study.

Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 76(2), 71-77.
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Stewart D.R., Best A.F., Williams G.M., Harney L.A., Carr A.G., Harris A.K., Kratz C.P., Dehner L.P., Messinger Y.H., Rosenberg P.S., Hill D.A., and Schultz K.A.P. (2019).

Neoplasm risk among individuals with a pathogenic germline variant in DICER1.

Journal of Clinical Oncology, 37(8), 668-676.
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Stanton C.A., Bansal-Travers M., Johnson A.L., Sharma E., Katz L., Ambrose B.K., Silveira M.L., Day H., Sargent J., Borek N., Compton W.M., Johnson S., Kimmel H., Kaufman A.R., Limpert J., Abrams D., Cummings K.M., Goniewicz M.L., Tanski S., Travers M.J., Hyland A.J., and Pearson J.L. (2019).

Longitudinal e-cigarette and cigarette use among US youth in the PATH Study (2013-2015).

Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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Wang Y., Wong L.Y., Meng L., Pittman E.N., Trinidad D.A., Hubbard K.L., Etheredge A., Del Valle-Pinero A.Y., Zamoiski R., van Bemmel D.M., Borek N., Patel V., Kimmel H.L., Conway K.P., Lawrence C., Edwards K.C., Hyland A., Goniewicz M.L., Hatsukami D., Hecht S.S., and Calafat A.M. (2019).

Urinary concentrations of monohydroxylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in adults from the U.S. Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Wave 1 (2013-2014).

Environment International, 123, 201-208.
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Clark J., Mohadjer L., and Chen T.C. (2018).

Application of state health status in the design of the 2011-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Proceedings of the Government Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association (pp. 1521-1532). Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
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Keusch F. and Yan T. (2018).

Is satisficing responsible for response order effects in rating scale question?.

Survey Research Methods, 12(3), 259-270.
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Yan T. and Hu M. (2018).

Examining translation and respondents' use of response scales in 3MC surveys.

In T.P. Johnson, B.-E. Pennell, and I.A.L. Stoop, and B. Dorer (Eds.), Advances in comparative survey methods: Multinational, multiregional, and multicultural contexts (3MC) (pp. 501-518). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley and Sons.
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Mohadjer L. and Edwards B. (2018).

Paradata and dashboards in PIAAC.

Quality Assurance in Education, 26(2), 263-277.
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Wyss A.B., House J.S., Hoppin J.A., Richards M., Hankinson J.L., Long S., Henneberger P.K., Beane Freeman L.E., Sandler D.P., O'Connell E.L., Cummings C.B., Umbach D.M., and London S.J. (2018).

Raw milk consumption and other early-life farm exposures and adult pulmonary function in the Agricultural Lung Health Study.

Thorax, 73(3), 279-282.
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Giangrande M., Brick J.M., Morganstein D., and Lewis K. (2018).

Virtual listing: GIS approaches to improve survey listing efficiency.

Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section of the American Statistical Association (pp. 1554-1560). Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
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Li J., Krenzke T., Mohadjer L., Van de Kerckhove W., Li L., Ren W., and Adbaru H.H. (2018).

Choice of small area models based on sample designs and availability of auxiliary data in PIAAC study.

Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section of the American Statistical Association (pp. 2078-2093). Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
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Lopez A.A., Redner R., Kurti A.N., Keith D.R., Villanti A.C., Stanton C.A., Gaalema D.E., Bunn J.Y., Doogan N.J., Cepeda-Benito A., Roberts M.E., and Higgins S.T. (2018).

Tobacco and nicotine delivery product use in a U.S. national sample of women of reproductive age.

Preventive Medicine, 117, 61-68.
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Kurti A.N., Redner R., Bunn J.Y., Tang K., Nighbor T., Lopez A.A., Keith D.R., Villanti A.C., Stanton C.A., Gaalema D.E., Doogan N.J., Cepeda-Benito A., Roberts M.E., Phillips J., Parker M.A., Quisenberry A.J., and Higgins S.T. (2018).

Examining the relationship between pregnancy and quitting use of tobacco products in a U.S. national sample of women of reproductive age.

Preventive Medicine, 117, 52-60.
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Nighbor T.D., Doogan N.J., Roberts M.E., Cepeda-Benito A., Kurti A.N., Priest J.S., Johnson H.K., Lopez A.A., Stanton C.A., Gaalema D.E., Redner R., Parker M.A., Keith D.R., Quisenberry A.J., and Higgins S.T. (2018).

Smoking prevalence and trends among a U.S. national sample of women of reproductive age in rural versus urban settings.

PloS One, 13(11), e0207818.
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Kurti A.N., Bunn J.Y., Villanti A.C., Stanton C.A., Redner R., Lopez A.A., Gaalema D.E., Doogan N.J., Cepeda-Benito A., Roberts M.E., Phillips J.K., Quisenberry A.J., Keith D.R., and Higgins S.T. (2018).

Patterns of single and multiple tobacco product use among US women of reproductive age.

Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 20(suppl_1), S71-S80.
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Silveira M.L., Conway K.P., Green V.R., Kasza K.A., Sargent J.D., Borek N., Stanton C.A., Cohn A., Hilmi N., Cummings K.M., Niaura R.S., Lambert E.Y., Brunette M.F., Zandberg I., Tanski S.E., Reissig C.J., Callahan-Lyon P., Slavit W.I., Hyland A.J., and Compton W.M. (2018).

Longitudinal associations between youth tobacco and substance use in waves 1 and 2 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study.

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 191, 25-36.
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Corey C.G., Holder-Hayes E., Nguyen A.B., Delnevo C.D., Rostron B.L., Bansal-Travers M., Kimmel H.L., Koblitz A., Lambert E., Pearson J.L., Sharma E., Tworek C., Hyland A.J., Conway K.P., Ambrose B.K., and Borek N. (2018).

US adult cigar smoking patterns, purchasing behaviors, and reasons for use according to cigar type: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, 2013-2014.

Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 20(12), 1457-1466.
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Napolitano M.A., Lynch S.B., and Stanton C.A. (2018).

Young adult e-cigarette users: Perceptions of stress, body image, and weight control.

Eating and Weight Disorders.
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Tanski S., Emond J., Stanton C., Kirchner T., Choi K., Yang L., Ryant C., Robinson J., and Hyland A. (2018).

Youth access to tobacco products in the United States: Findings from Wave 1 (2013-2014) of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study.

Nicotine and Tobacco Research nty238.
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Kasza K.A., Coleman B., Sharma E., Conway K.P., Cummings K.M., Goniewicz M.L., Niaura R.S., Lambert E.Y., Schneller L.M., Feirman S.P., Donaldson E.A., Cheng Y.C., Murphy I., Pearson J.L., Trinidad D.R., Bansal-Travers M., Elton-Marshall T., Gundersen D.A., Stanton C.A., Abrams D.B., Fong G.T., Borek N., Compton W.M., and Hyland A.J. (2018).

Correlates of transitions in tobacco product use by U.S. adult tobacco users between 2013-2014 and 2014-2015: Findings from the PATH Study Wave 1 and Wave 2.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(11), 2556.
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Green V.R., Conway K.P., Silveira M.L., Kasza K.A., Cohn A., Cummings K.M., Stanton C.A., Callahan-Lyon P., Slavit W., Sargent J.D., Hilmi N., Niaura R.S., Reissig C.J., Lambert E., Zandberg I., Brunette M.F., Tanski S.E., Borek N., Hyland A.J., and Compton W.M. (2018).

Mental health problems and onset of tobacco use among 12- to 24-year-olds in the PATH Study.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 57(12), 944-954.e4.
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Kasza K.A., Borek N., Conway K.P., Goniewicz M.L., Stanton C.A., Sharma E., Fong G.T., Abrams D.B., Coleman B., Schneller L.M., Lambert E.Y., Pearson J.L., Bansal-Travers M., Murphy I., Cheng Y.C., Donaldson E.A., Feirman S.P., Gravely S., Elton-Marshall T., Trinidad D.R., Gundersen D.A., Niaura R.S., Cummings K.M., Compton W.M., and Hyland A.J. (2018).

Transitions in tobacco product use by U.S. adults between 2013-2014 and 2014-2015: Findings from the PATH Study Wave 1 and Wave 2.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(11), 2515.
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Goniewicz M.L., Smith D.M., Edwards K.C., Blount B.C., Caldwell K.L., Feng J., Wang L., Christensen C., Ambrose B., Borek N., van Bemmel D., Konkel K., Erives G., Stanton C.A., Lambert E., Kimmel H.L., Hatsukami D., Hecht S.S., Niaura R.S., Travers M., Lawrence C., and Hyland A.J. (2018).

Comparison of nicotine and toxicant exposure in users of electronic cigarettes and combustible cigarettes.

JAMA Network Open, 1(8), e185937.
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Jones R.R., VoPham T., Sevilla B., Airola M., Flory A.R., Deziel N.C., Nuckols J.R., Pronk A., Laden F., and Ward M.H. (2018).

Verifying locations of sources of historical environmental releases of dioxin-like compounds in the U.S.: Implications for exposure assessment and epidemiologic inference.

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology.
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Young D.L. and Choi J. (2018).

Information and computer technologies for Improving international assessment.

In S. Swayze and V. Ford (Eds.), Innovative applications of knowledge discovery and information resources management (pp. 173-194). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
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Jones M., Brick J.M., and Piesse A. (2018).

The effects of address coverage enhancement on estimates from a study using an ABS frame.

Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section of the American Statistical Association (pp. 1586-1594). Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
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Jiao R. and Piesse A. (2018).

An approach to predict final yield among interim cases.

Proceedings of the Government Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association (pp. 2045-2056). Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
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Menke A., Rust K.F., and Cowie C.C. (2018).

Diabetes based on 2-h plasma glucose among those classified as having prediabetes based on fasting plasma glucose or A1c.

Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research, 15(1), 46-54.
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Brick J.M. and Lohr S. (2018).

Experimental evaluation of mail questionnaires in a probability sample on victimization.

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society).
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Williams D. and Brick J.M. (2018).

Trends in U.S. face-to-face household survey nonresponse and level of effort.

Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, 6(2), 186-211.
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Alperen J., Davidson J., Siminski S., and Seage G.R. III (2018).

Utility of the National Death Index in identifying deaths in a clinic-based, multisite cohort: The experience of the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study.

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 79(1), e37-e39.
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McMaster M.L., Berndt S.I., Zhang J., Slager S.L., Li S.A., Vajdic C.M., Smedby K.E., Yan H., Birmann B.M., Brown E.E., Smith A., Kleinstern G., Fansler M.M., Mayr C., Zhu B., Chung C.C., Park J.H., Burdette L., Hicks B.D., Hutchinson A., Teras L.R., Adami H.O., Bracci P.M., McKay J., Monnereau A., Link B.K., Vermeulen R.C., Ansell S.M., Maria A., Diver W.R., Melbye M., Ojesina A.I., Kraft P., Boffetta P., Clavel J., Giovannucci E., Besson C.M., Canzian F., Travis R.C., Vineis P., Weiderpass E., Montalvan R., Wang Z., Yeager M., Becker N., Benavente Y., Brennan P., Foretova L., Maynadie M., Nieters A., de Sanjose S., Staines A., Conde L., Riby J., Glimelius B., Hjalgrim H., Pradhan N., Feldman A.L., Novak A.J., Lawrence C., Bassig B.A., Lan Q., Zheng T., North K.E., Tinker L.F., Cozen W., Severson R.K., Hofmann J.N., Zhang Y., Jackson R.D., Morton L.M., Purdue M.P., Chatterjee N., Offit K., Cerhan J.R., Chanock S.J., Rothman N., Vijai J., Goldin L.R., Skibola C.F., and Caporaso N.E. (2018).

Two high-risk susceptibility loci at 6p25.3 and 14q32.13 for Waldenström macroglobulinemia.

Nature Communications, 9, 4182.
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Suzer-Gurtekin T., Valliant R., Heeringa S.G., and de Leeuw E.D. (2018).

Mixed-mode surveys: Design, estimation and adjustment methods.

In T.P. Johnson, B.E. Pennell, I.A.L. Stroop, and B. Dorer (Eds.), Advances in comparative survey methods: Multinational, multiregional, and multicultural contexts (3MC) (pp. 409-430). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
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Lunsford N.B., Berktold J., Holman D.M., Stein K., Prempeh A., and Yerkes A. (2018).

Skin cancer knowledge, awareness, beliefs and preventive behaviors among Black and Hispanic men and women.

Preventive Medicine Reports, 12, 203-209.
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Khan N.E., Ling A., Raske M.E., Harney L.A., Carr A.G., Field A., Harris A.K., Williams G.M., Dehner L.P., Messinger Y.H., Hill D.A., Schultz K.A.P., and Stewart D.R. (2018).

Structural renal abnormalities in the DICER1 syndrome: A family-based cohort study.

Pediatric Nephrology.
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Schultz K.A.P., Williams G.M., Kamihara J., Stewart D.R., Harris A.K., Bauer A.J., Turner J., Shah R., Schneider K., Schneider K.W., Carr A.G., Harney L.A., Baldinger S., Frazier A.L., Orbach D., Schneider D.T., Malkin D., Dehner L.P., Messinger Y.H., and Hill D.A. (2018).

DICER1 and associated conditions: Identification of at-risk individuals and recommended surveillance strategies.

Clinical Cancer Research, 24(10), 2251-2261.
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