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Trends in Black and White Opioid Mortality in the United States, 1979–2015 by Alexander, Monica J, Kiang, Mathew V, Barbieri, Magali

“…BACKGROUND:Recent research on the US opioid epidemic has focused on the white or total population and has largely been limited to data after 1999. However,…”
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Trends in pregnancy-associated mortality involving opioids in the United States, 2007–2016 by Gemmill, Alison, Kiang, Mathew V., Alexander, Monica J.

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Invited commentary: Motivating better methods-and better data collection-for measuring prevalence of drug misuse by Kiang, Mathew V, Alexander, Monica J

“…The United States continues to suffer a drug overdose crisis that has resulted in over 100,000 deaths annually since 2021. Despite decades of attention,…”
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National, regional, and global levels and trends in neonatal mortality between 1990 and 2017, with scenario-based projections to 2030: a systematic analysis by Hug, Lucia, Alexander, Monica, You, Danzhen, Alkema, Leontine

“…Reducing neonatal mortality is an essential part of the third Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), to end preventable child deaths. To achieve this aim will…”
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Youth Experiencing Parental Death Due to Drug Poisoning and Firearm Violence in the US, 1999-2020 by Schlüter, Benjamin-Samuel, Alburez-Gutierrez, Diego, Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten, Alexander, Monica J, Kiang, Mathew V

“…IMPORTANCE: Youth (those aged <18 years) parental death has been associated with negative health outcomes. Understanding the burden of parental death due to…”
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Global estimation of neonatal mortality using a Bayesian hierarchical splines regression model by Alexander, Monica, Alkema, Leontine

“…In recent years, much of the focus in monitoring child mortality has been on assessing changes in the under-5 mortality rate (U5MR). However, as the U5MR…”
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Assessment of Changes in the Geographical Distribution of Opioid-Related Mortality Across the United States by Opioid Type, 1999-2016 by Kiang, Mathew V, Basu, Sanjay, Chen, Jarvis, Alexander, Monica J

“…As the opioid epidemic evolves, it is vital to identify changes in the geographical distribution of opioid-related deaths, and the specific opioids to which…”
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Sociodemographic characteristics of missing data in digital phenotyping by Kiang, Mathew V., Chen, Jarvis T., Krieger, Nancy, Buckee, Caroline O., Alexander, Monica J., Baker, Justin T., Buckner, Randy L., Coombs, Garth, Rich-Edwards, Janet W., Carlson, Kenzie W., Onnela, Jukka-Pekka

“…The ubiquity of smartphones, with their increasingly sophisticated array of sensors, presents an unprecedented opportunity for researchers to collect…”
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Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Opioid-Related Mortality in the USA, 1999–2019: the Extreme Case of Washington DC by Kiang, Mathew V., Tsai, Alexander C., Alexander, Monica J., Rehkopf, David H., Basu, Sanjay

“…In 2019, there were nearly 50,000 opioid-related deaths in the US, with substantial variation across sociodemographic groups and geography. To systematically…”
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A framework to model global, regional, and national estimates of intimate partner violence by Maheu-Giroux, Mathieu, Sardinha, Lynnmarie, Stöckl, Heidi, Meyer, Sarah R, Godin, Arnaud, Alexander, Monica, García-Moreno, Claudia

“…Accurate and reliable estimates of violence against women form the backbone of global and regional monitoring efforts to eliminate this human right violation…”
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Correction to: Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Opioid-Related Mortality in the USA, 1999–2019: the Extreme Case of Washington DC by Kiang, Mathew V., Tsai, Alexander C., Alexander, Monica J., Rehkopf, David H., Basu, Sanjay

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Ecological and evolutionary dynamics to design and improve ovarian cancer treatment by Han, Grace Y. Q., Alexander, Monica, Gattozzi, Julia, Day, Marilyn, Kirsch, Elayna, Tafreshi, Narges, Chalar, Raafat, Rahni, Soraya, Gossner, Gabrielle, Burke, William, Damaghi, Mehdi

“…Ovarian cancer ecosystems are exceedingly complex, consisting of a high heterogeneity of cancer cells. Development of drugs such as poly ADP‐ribose polymerase…”
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Changes in Central Corneal Thickness over Time : The Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study by BRANDT, James D, GORDON, Mae O, BEISER, Julia A, LIN, Shan C, ALEXANDER, Monica Y, KASS, Michael A

“…To describe how much change, if any, occurs between central corneal thickness (CCT) measurements performed an average of 3.8 years apart in participants in the…”
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A Bayesian Cohort Component Projection Model to Estimate Women of Reproductive Age at the Subnational Level in Data-Sparse Settings by Alexander, Monica, Alkema, Leontine

“…Accurate estimates of subnational populations are important for policy formulation and monitoring population health indicators. For example, estimates of the…”
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A Bayes ian Cohort Component Projection Model to Estimate Women of Reproductive Age at the Subnational Level in Data-Sparse Settings by Alexander, Monica, Alkema, Leontine

“…Accurate estimates of subnational populations are important for policy formulation and monitoring population health indicators. For example, estimates of the…”
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Competing Effects on the Average Age of Infant Death by Alexander, Monica, Root, Leslie

“…In recent decades, the relationship between the average length of life for those who die in the first year of life—the life table quantity —and the level of…”
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The Impact of Hurricane Maria on Out-migration from Puerto Rico: Evidence from Facebook Data by Alexander, Monica, Polimis, Kivan, Zagheni, Emilio

“…Natural disasters such as hurricanes can cause substantial population out-migration. However, the magnitude of population movements is difficult to estimate…”
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A Flexible Bayesian Model for Estimating Subnational Mortality by Alexander, Monica, Zagheni, Emilio, Barbieri, Magali

“…Reliable subnational mortality estimates are essential in the study of health inequalities within a country. One of the difficulties in producing such…”
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Methods for Small Area Population Forecasts: State-of-the-Art and Research Needs by Wilson, Tom, Grossman, Irina, Alexander, Monica, Rees, Phil, Temple, Jeromey

“…Small area population forecasts are widely used by government and business for a variety of planning, research and policy purposes, and often influence major…”
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Bayesian implementation of Rogers–Castro model migration schedules: An alternative technique for parameter estimation by Yeung, Jessie, Alexander, Monica, Riffe, Tim

“…BACKGROUND The Rogers-Castro model migration schedule is a key model for migration trends over the life course. It is applied in a wide variety of settings by…”
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