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Life expectancy and geographic variation in mortality: an observational comparison study of six high-income Anglophone countries by Wilkie, Rachel Z, Ho, Jessica Y

“…ObjectiveTo compare life expectancy levels and within-country geographic variation in life expectancy across six high-income Anglophone countries between 1990…”
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Suppression of the antiviral response by an influenza histone mimic by Marazzi, Ivan, Ho, Jessica S. Y., Kim, Jaehoon, Manicassamy, Balaji, Dewell, Scott, Albrecht, Randy A., Seibert, Chris W., Schaefer, Uwe, Jeffrey, Kate L., Prinjha, Rab K., Lee, Kevin, García-Sastre, Adolfo, Roeder, Robert G., Tarakhovsky, Alexander

“…Viral infection is commonly associated with virus-driven hijacking of host proteins. Here we describe a novel mechanism by which influenza virus affects host…”
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The rising burden of Alzheimer's disease mortality in rural America by Ho, Jessica Y., Franco, Yujin

“…Since the 1990s, there has been a striking urban-rural divergence in life expectancy within the United States, with metropolitan areas achieving strong life…”
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Immigration and improvements in American life expectancy by Hendi, Arun S., Ho, Jessica Y.

“…Despite the immigrant mortality advantage and the increasing share of the population born abroad, relatively little is known about how immigration has impacted…”
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The changing contribution of smoking to educational differences in life expectancy: indirect estimates for Finnish men and women from 1971 to 2010 by Martikainen, Pekka, Ho, Jessica Y, Preston, Samuel, Elo, Irma T

“…Background We estimated the contribution of smoking to educational differences in mortality and life expectancy between 1971 and 2010 in Finland. Methods Eight…”
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Smoking and the widening inequality in life expectancy between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas of the United States by Hendi, Arun S, Ho, Jessica Y

“…Geographic inequality in US mortality has increased rapidly over the last 25 years, particularly between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. These gaps are…”
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Recent trends in life expectancy across high income countries: retrospective observational study by Ho, Jessica Y, Hendi, Arun S

“…AbstractObjectivesTo assess whether declines in life expectancy occurred across high income countries during 2014-16, to identify the causes of death…”
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The Contribution of Drug Overdose to Educational Gradients in Life Expectancy in the United States, 1992–2011 by Ho, Jessica Y.

“…Since the mid-1990s, the United States has witnessed a dramatic rise in drug overdose mortality. Educational gradients in life expectancy widened over the same…”
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The Contemporary American Drug Overdose Epidemic in International Perspective by Ho, Jessica Y.

“…Drug overdose mortality has reached unprecedented levels in the United States, more than tripling over the past two decades. This study situates the…”
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Causes of America’s Lagging Life Expectancy: An International Comparative Perspective by Ho, Jessica Y

“…Abstract Objectives This study assesses how American life expectancy compares to other high-income countries and identifies key age groups and causes of death…”
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Life Course Patterns of Prescription Drug Use in the United States by Ho, Jessica Y.

“…Prescription drug use has reached historic highs in the United States—a trend linked to increases in medicalization, institutional factors relating to the…”
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Cycles of Gender Convergence and Divergence in Drug Overdose Mortality by Ho, Jessica Y.

“…The United States is 25 years into a large-scale drug overdose epidemic, yet its consequences for gender differences remain largely unexplored. This study…”
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Mortality under age 50 accounts for much of the fact that US life expectancy lags that of other high-income countries by Ho, Jessica Y

“…Life expectancy at birth in the United States is among the lowest of all high-income countries. Most recent studies have concentrated on older ages, finding…”
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Inequalities in life expectancy and cardiometabolic disease mortality across and within high-income countries by Ho, Jessica Y, Hendi, Arun S

“…Cardiometabolic disease is a leading cause of death and plays a key role in recent life expectancy trends worldwide. We highlight inequalities in…”
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Rural–Urban Differences in Adult Life Expectancy in Indonesia: A Parametric g-formula–based Decomposition Approach by Sudharsanan, Nikkil, Ho, Jessica Y.

“…BACKGROUND:Evidence on rural–urban differences in adult mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is limited and mixed. We examined the size of and…”
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Contribution of smoking-attributable mortality to life expectancy differences by marital status among Finnish men and women, 1971–2010 by Peltonen, Riina, Ho, Jessica Y., Elo, Irma T., Martikainen, Pekka

“…Smoking is known to vary by marital status, but little is known about its contribution to marital status differences in longevity. We examined the changing…”
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The Contribution of Smoking to Educational Gradients in U.S. Life Expectancy by Ho, Jessica Y., Fenelon, Andrew

“…Researchers have documented widening educational gradients in mortality in the United States since the 1970s. While smoking has been proposed as a key…”
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The Contribution of Smoking to Black-White Differences in U.S. Mortality by Ho, Jessica Y., Elo, Irma T.

“…Smoking has significantly impacted American mortality and remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality. No previous study has systematically examined the…”
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Trends in Non-Hispanic White Mortality in the United States by Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Status and Region, 1990-2016 by Elo, Irma T., Hendi, Arun S., Ho, Jessica Y., Vierboom, Yana C., Preston, Samuel H.

“…Recent decades have witnessed growing geographic divergence in mortality in the United States alongside national-level stagnation in life expectancy,…”
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The Relationship Between Multimorbidity and Types of Chronic Diseases and Self-Rated Memory by Franco, Yujin, Jang, Yuri, Saenz, Joseph L., Ho, Jessica Y.

“…This study explores the impact of multimorbidity and types of chronic diseases on self-rated memory in older adults in the United States. Data were drawn from…”
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