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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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Campione J.R., Mardon R.E., and McDonald K.M. (2018).

Patient safety culture, health information technology implementation, and medical office problems that could lead to diagnostic error.

Journal of Patient Safety.
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Weinberg A., Mussi-Pinhata M.M., Yu Q., Cohen R.A., Almeida V.C., Amaral F.R., Freimanis L., Harris D.R., Smith C., and Siberry G. (2018).

Factors associated with lower respiratory tract infections in HIV-exposed uninfected infants.

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 34(6), 527-535.
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Brick J.M. (2018).

Sampling to minimize nonresponse bias.

In D.L. Vannette and J.A. Krosnick (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of survey research (pp. 23-28). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Brick J.M. (2018).

Optimizing response rates.

In D.L. Vannette and J.A. Krosnick (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of survey research (pp. 383-391). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Gaalema D.E., Pericot-Valverde I., Bunn J.Y., Villanti A.C., Cepeda-Benito A., Doogan N.J., Keith D.R., Kurti A.N., Lopez A.A., Nighbor T., Parker M.A., Quisenberry A.J., Redner R., Roberts M.E., Stanton C.A., Ades P.A., and Higgins S.T. (2018).

Tobacco use in cardiac patients: Perceptions, use, and changes after a recent myocardial infarction among US adults in the PATH Study (2013-2015).

Preventive Medicine.
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Maitland A., Tourangeau R., and Sun H. (2018).

Separating science knowledge from religious belief: Two approaches for reducing the effect of identity on survey responses.

Public Opinion Quarterly, 82(1), 34-62.
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Story A.E., Carpenter-Song E.A., Acquilano S.C., Becker D.R., and Drake R.E. (2018).

Mental health leaves of absence in college and therapy: A qualitative study of student experiences.

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy.
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Pierce J.P., Sargent J.D., Portnoy D.B., White M., Noble M., Kealey S., Borek N., Carusi C., Choi K., Green V.R., Kaufman A.R., Leas E., Lewis M.J., Margolis K.A., Messer K., Shi Y., Silveira M.L., Snyder K., Stanton C.A., Tanski S.E., Bansal-Travers M., Trinidad D., and Hyland A. (2018).

Association between receptivity to tobacco advertising and progression to tobacco use in youth and young adults in the PATH Study.

JAMA Pediatrics, 172(5), 444-451.
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Pearson J.L., Johnson A.L., Johnson S.E., Stanton C.A., Villanti A.C., Niaura R., Glasser A.M., Wang B., Abrams D.B., Cummings K.M., and Hyland A. (2018).

Adult interest in using a hypothetical modified risk tobacco product: Findings from Wave 1 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study (2013-14).

Addiction, 113(1), 113-124.
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Heaton L.L. (2018).

Race and ethnic differences in mental health need and services received in justice-involved youth.

Children and Youth Services Review, 90, 54-65.
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Heaton L.L. (2018).

Racial/ethnic differences of justice-involved youth in substance-related problems and services received.

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 88(3), 363-375.
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Mollica M.A., Kent E.E., Castro K.M., Ellis E.M., Ferrer R.A., Falisi A.L., Gaysynsky A., Huang G., Palan M.A., and Chou W.S. (2018).

Perspectives on palliative care in cancer clinical trials: Diverse meanings from multidisciplinary cancer care providers.

Journal of Palliative Medicine, 21(5), 616-621.
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Succi R.C., Krauss M.R., Harris D.R., Machado D.M., de Moraes-Pinto M.I., Mussi-Pinhata M.M., Pavia Ruz N., Pierre R.B., Kolevic Roca L.A., Joao E., Foradori I., Scotta M.C., Hazra R., and Siberry G.K. (2018).

Immunity after childhood vaccinations in perinatally HIV-exposed children with and without HIV infection in Latin America.

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 37(4), 304-309.
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Yan T., Keusch F., and He L. (2018).

The impact of question and scale characteristics on scale direction effects.

Survey Practice, 11(2).
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Jones C.D., Newsome J., Levin K., Wilmot A., McNulty J.A., and Kline T. (2018).

Friends or strangers? A feasibility study of an innovative focus group methodology.

The Qualitative Report, 23(1), 98-112.
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Raithel M.A. (2018).

Validating user-submitted data files with Base SAS.

Proceedings of the SAS Global Forum 2018 Conference. Cary, NC: SAS Institute, Inc.
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Ma H., Ogawa T.K., Sminkey T.R., Breidt F.J., Lesser V.M., Opsomer J.D., Foster J.R., and Van Voorhees D.A. (2018).

Pilot surveys to improve monitoring of marine recreational fisheries in Hawaii.

Fisheries Research, 204, 197-208.
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Tourangeau R., Sun H., Yan T., Maitland A., Rivero G., and Williams D. (2018).

Web surveys by smartphones and tablets: Effects on data quality.

Social Science Computer Review, 36(5), 542-556.
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