William Kuang-Yao Pan | Scholars@Duke

William Kuang-Yao Pan
The Elizabeth Brooks Reid and Whitelaw Reid Associate Professor

William Pan, PhD, Assistant Professor of Global Environmental Health, joined the faculty at Duke in 2011. He holds a joint appointment at DGHI and the Nicholas School of Environment, and is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of International Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Pan’s research interests focuses on Population, Health, and Environmental interactions in developing countries, with particular interest in translational research directed toward sustainable development activities and global environmental health. He has worked in countries throughout Latin America and Africa on topics ranging from land use change, reproductive health, migration, tuberculosis, HIV, enteric infections, and childhood nutrition. Pan received his doctoral training in Biostatistics from UNC-Chapel Hill with a focus on demography and spatial analysis. He also received a Master of Public Health from Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

The Elizabeth Brooks Reid and Whitelaw Reid Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2019
Associate Professor of Global Environmental Health, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2018
Associate Research Professor of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2018
Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Institute 2010

Contact Information

310 Trent Drive, Room 227, Box 90519, Durham, NC 27708
90519, 310 Trent Drive, Rm 227, Durham, NC 27708
william.pan@duke.edu (919) 684-4108
http://globalhealth.duke.edu/people/faculty/pan-william

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- DrPH, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2003
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor of Global Environmental Health, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2011 - 2018
- Assistant Research Professor of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2011 - 2018
- Adjunct Assistant Prof of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 2010 - 2011
Recognition
In the News
- AUG 31, 2020 Duke Global Health Institute
  
  This Summer, Only the Most Aggressive Responses Stopped COVID's Spread
- MAY 28, 2020
  
  Gold Mining With Mercury Poses Health Threats for Miles Downstream
- DEC 12, 2019 Pratt School of Engineering
  
  Where Gold Mining Grows in Peru, Deforestation, Erosion and Toxic Mercury Follows
- APR 20, 2018
  
  How Duke Researchers Built Community Trust to Change Policy in the Peruvian Amazon
- DEC 19, 2016
  
  Connecting Health and the Environment in the Peruvian Amazon
- OCT 7, 2016
  
  Fostering a Collaborative Research Environment in Peru
- OCT 5, 2016
  
  DGHI Research Leads Peruvian Government to Change Policy on Gold Mines
- JUN 2, 2016 Nature
  
  Duke study guides relief: Peru's gold rush prompts public-health emergency
- DEC 30, 2015 Next City
  
  Health professor turns to space for malaria cure
- DEC 9, 2015
  
  Developing an Early Warning System for Disease in the Peruvian Amazon
- AUG 18, 2015
  
  Global Health Student in Peru Yields Unexpected Discoveries
- JAN 9, 2015
  
  Mercury from Gold Mines Accumulates Hundreds of Miles Downstream
- AUG 27, 2014
  
  DGHI Students Continue Oral Hygiene Community Outreach in Peru
- AUG 7, 2014
  
  Duke Summer Course in Venice Looks at Impacts of Sea-Level Change
- AUG 5, 2014
  
  Study Eyes Health Risks Of Drilling And Mining In Peru
- SEP 9, 2013
  
  After the Gold Rush in Peru: A Bass Connection
- APR 16, 2013
  
  Duke in Pictures: Studying Mercury Contamination in Peru
Expertise
Subject Headings
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - Africa (Continent)
- Research
- Teaching
  - Italy (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Duke University Program in Environmental Health awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2024
- Duke CTSA (TL1) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
- GW150184 Mitochondrial dysfunction and Gulf War Illness awarded by United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity 2016 - 2021
- Mapping Epigenetic Memory of Exposure New To Observe (MEMENTO) awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 2019 - 2021
- An Early Warning System for Vector-borne Disease Risk in the Amazon awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2015 - 2020
- One Health Innovation Fellowships for Zoonotic Disease Research in Mongolia awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2019
- Duke University Program in Environmental Health awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2013 - 2019
- "LUCIA": Land use, Climate and Infections in Western Amazonia awarded by Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2012 - 2018
- Measurement of new EED biomarkers in MAL-ED Trial specimens awarded by Johns Hopkins University 2016 - 2018
- Impact of El Nino on Environmental Mercury and Human Exposure awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2018
- Effects of Social Context, Culture and Minority Status on Depression and Anxiety awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital 2012 - 2016
- Population-environment dynamics influencing malaria risk in the Peruvian Amazon awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2013
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Pray, Ian W., Wayne Wakeland, William Pan, William E. Lambert, Hector H. Garcia, Armando E. Gonzalez, Seth E. O’Neal, and Seth E. Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru. “Understanding transmission and control of the pork tapeworm with CystiAgent: a spatially explicit agent-based model.” Parasites & Vectors 13, no. 1 (July 24, 2020): 372. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04226-8.
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  - Pizzitutti, Francesco, Carlos F. Mena, Beth Feingold, and William K. Pan. “Modeling asymptomatic infections and work-related human circulation as drivers of unstable malaria transmission in low-prevalence areas: A study in the Northern Peruvian Amazon.” Acta Tropica 197 (September 2019): 104909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.01.022.
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  - McCormick, Benjamin J. J., Stephanie A. Richard, Laura E. Caulfield, Laura L. Pendergast, Jessica C. Seidman, Beena Koshy, Reeba Roshan, et al. “Early Life Child Micronutrient Status, Maternal Reasoning, and a Nurturing Household Environment have Persistent Influences on Child Cognitive Development at Age 5 years: Results from MAL-ED.” The Journal of Nutrition 149, no. 8 (August 2019): 1460–69. https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxz055.
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  - Pray, Ian W., Claudio Muro, Ricardo Gamboa, Percy Vilchez, Wayne Wakeland, William Pan, William E. Lambert, Hector H. Garcia, Seth E. O’Neal, and Seth E. Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru. “Seasonal patterns in risk factors for Taenia solium transmission: a GPS tracking study of pigs and open human defecation in northern Peru.” Parasites & Vectors 12, no. 1 (July 16, 2019): 352. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3614-5.
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  - Berky, Axel J., Ian T. Ryde, Beth Feingold, Ernesto J. Ortiz, Lauren H. Wyatt, Caren Weinhouse, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Joel N. Meyer, and William K. Pan. “Predictors of mitochondrial DNA copy number and damage in a mercury-exposed rural Peruvian population near artisanal and small-scale gold mining: An exploratory study.” Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 60, no. 2 (March 2019): 197–210. https://doi.org/10.1002/em.22244.
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  - Wyatt, Lauren, Sallie Robey Permar, Ernesto Ortiz, Axel Berky, Christopher W. Woods, Genevieve Fouda Amouou, Hannah Itell, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and William Pan. “Mercury Exposure and Poor Nutritional Status Reduce Response to Six Expanded Program on Immunization Vaccines in Children: An Observational Cohort Study of Communities Affected by Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon.” Int J Environ Res Public Health 16, no. 4 (February 21, 2019). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16040638.
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  - Pan, William K., Jessica C. Seidman, Asad Ali, Christel Hoest, Carl Mason, Dinesh Mondal, Stacey L. Knobler, Pascal Bessong, and Pascal MAL-ED Network Investigators. “Oral polio vaccine response in the MAL-ED birth cohort study: Considerations for polio eradication strategies.” Vaccine 37, no. 2 (January 2019): 352–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.05.080.
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  - Tyrovolas, Stefanos, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Ekavi N. Georgousopoulou, Christina Chrysohoou, John Skoumas, William Pan, Dimitrios Tousoulis, and Christos Pitsavos. “The anti-inflammatory potential of diet and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: the ATTICA study.” Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology 12 (January 2019): 1756284819858039. https://doi.org/10.1177/1756284819858039.
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  - Pendergast, Laura L., Barbara A. Schaefer, Laura E. Murray-Kolb, Erling Svensen, Rita Shrestha, Muneera A. Rasheed, Rebecca J. Scharf, et al. “Assessing development across cultures: Invariance of the Bayley-III Scales Across Seven International MAL-ED sites.” School Psychology Quarterly : The Official Journal of the Division of School Psychology, American Psychological Association 33, no. 4 (December 2018): 604–14. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000264.
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  - Salmón-Mulanovich, Gabriela, David L. Blazes, M Claudia Guezala V, Zonia Rios, Angelica Espinoza, Carolina Guevara, Andrés G. Lescano, Joel M. Montgomery, Daniel G. Bausch, and William K. Pan. “Individual and Spatial Risk of Dengue Virus Infection in Puerto Maldonado, Peru.” The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 99, no. 6 (December 2018): 1440–50. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-1015.
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  - Saxton, Anthony T., J Jaime Miranda, Ernesto J. Ortiz, and William Pan. “Assessment of Two Diabetes Point-of-care Analyzers Measuring Hemoglobin A1c in the Peruvian Amazon.” Annals of Global Health 84, no. 4 (November 5, 2018): 618–24. https://doi.org/10.9204/aogh.2368.
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  - Khalil, Ibrahim A., Christopher Troeger, Brigette F. Blacker, Puja C. Rao, Alexandria Brown, Deborah E. Atherly, Thomas G. Brewer, et al. “Morbidity and mortality due to shigella and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhoea: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2016.” The Lancet. Infectious Diseases 18, no. 11 (November 2018): 1229–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(18)30475-4.
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  - Richard, Stephanie A., Benjamin J. J. McCormick, Jessica C. Seidman, Zeba Rasmussen, Margaret N. Kosek, Elizabeth T. Rogawski, William Petri, et al. “Relationships among Common Illness Symptoms and the Protective Effect of Breastfeeding in Early Childhood in MAL-ED: An Eight-Country Cohort Study.” The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 98, no. 3 (March 2018): 904–12. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0457.
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  - Lima, Aldo A. M., Alberto M. Soares, José Q. S. Filho, Alexandre Havt, Ila F. N. Lima, Noélia L. Lima, Cláudia B. Abreu, et al. “Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Subclinical Infection and Coinfections and Impaired Child Growth in the MAL-ED Cohort Study.” Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 66, no. 2 (February 2018): 325–33. https://doi.org/10.1097/mpg.0000000000001717.
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  - MAL-ED Network Investigators, William. “Early childhood cognitive development is affected by interactions among illness, diet, enteropathogens and the home environment: findings from the MAL-ED birth cohort study.” Bmj Global Health 3, no. 4 (January 2018): e000752. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000752.
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  - Pizzitutti, Francesco, William Pan, Beth Feingold, Ben Zaitchik, Carlos A. Álvarez, and Carlos F. Mena. “Out of the net: An agent-based model to study human movements influence on local-scale malaria transmission.” Plos One 13, no. 3 (January 2018): e0193493. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193493.
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  - Wyatt, Lauren, Ernesto J. Ortiz, Beth Feingold, Axel Berky, Sarah Diringer, Ana Maria Morales, Elvis Rojas Jurado, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and William Pan. “Spatial, Temporal, and Dietary Variables Associated with Elevated Mercury Exposure in Peruvian Riverine Communities Upstream and Downstream of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14, no. 12 (December 15, 2017). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14121582.
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  - Weinhouse, Caren, Ernesto J. Ortiz, Axel J. Berky, Paige Bullins, John Hare-Grogg, Laura Rogers, Ana-Maria Morales, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and William K. Pan. “Hair Mercury Level is Associated with Anemia and Micronutrient Status in Children Living Near Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon.” The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 97, no. 6 (December 2017): 1886–97. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0269.
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  - Kosek, Margaret N., and Margaret N. MAL-ED Network Investigators. “Causal Pathways from Enteropathogens to Environmental Enteropathy: Findings from the MAL-ED Birth Cohort Study.” Ebiomedicine 18 (April 2017): 109–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.02.024.
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  - Wyatt, Lauren H., Anthony L. Luz, Xiou Cao, Laura L. Maurer, Ashley M. Blawas, Alejandro Aballay, William K. Y. Pan, and Joel N. Meyer. “Effects of methyl and inorganic mercury exposure on genome homeostasis and mitochondrial function in Caenorhabditis elegans.” Dna Repair 52 (April 2017): 31–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dnarep.2017.02.005.
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  - Acosta, A. M., R. R. De Burga, C. B. Chavez, J. T. Flores, M. P. Olotegui, S. R. Pinedo, M. S. Salas, et al. “Relationship between growth and illness, enteropathogens and dietary intakes in the first 2 years of life: Findings from the MAL-ED birth cohort study.” Bmj Global Health 2, no. 4 (January 1, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000370.
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  - Hoest, Christel, Jessica C. Seidman, Gwenyth Lee, James A. Platts-Mills, Asad Ali, Maribel Paredes Olortegui, Pascal Bessong, et al. “Vaccine coverage and adherence to EPI schedules in eight resource poor settings in the MAL-ED cohort study.” Vaccine 35, no. 3 (January 2017): 443–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.11.075.
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  - Kosek, Margaret N., Estomih Mduma, Peter S. Kosek, Gwenyth O. Lee, Erling Svensen, William K. Y. Pan, Maribel Paredes Olortegui, et al. “Plasma Tryptophan and the Kynurenine-Tryptophan Ratio are Associated with the Acquisition of Statural Growth Deficits and Oral Vaccine Underperformance in Populations with Environmental Enteropathy.” The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 95, no. 4 (October 2016): 928–37. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0037.
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  - Pan, W. K., and D. López-Carr. “Land use as a mediating factor of fertility in the Amazon.” Population and Environment 38, no. 1 (September 1, 2016): 21–46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-016-0253-z.
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  - Lee, Charlotte, Kathryn Whetten, Saad Omer, William Pan, and Daniel Salmon. “Hurdles to herd immunity: Distrust of government and vaccine refusal in the US, 2002-2003.” Vaccine 34, no. 34 (July 2016): 3972–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.06.048.
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  - Miranda, J Jaime, Antonio Bernabé-Ortiz, Francisco Diez-Canseco, Germán Málaga, María K. Cárdenas, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, María Lazo-Porras, et al. “Towards sustainable partnerships in global health: the case of the CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases in Peru.” Globalization and Health 12, no. 1 (June 2, 2016): 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-016-0170-z.
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  - Tudor, Carrie, Martie L. Van der Walt, Bruce Margot, Susan E. Dorman, William K. Pan, Gayane Yenokyan, and Jason E. Farley. “Occupational Risk Factors for Tuberculosis Among Healthcare Workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.” Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 62 Suppl 3 (May 2016): S255–61. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw046.
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  - Wyatt, Lauren H., Sarah E. Diringer, Laura A. Rogers, Heileen Hsu-Kim, William K. Pan, and Joel N. Meyer. “Antagonistic Growth Effects of Mercury and Selenium in Caenorhabditis elegans Are Chemical-Species-Dependent and Do Not Depend on Internal Hg/Se Ratios.” Environmental Science & Technology 50, no. 6 (March 3, 2016): 3256–64. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b06044.
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  - Lee, Joseph G. L., William K. Pan, Lisa Henriksen, Adam O. Goldstein, and Kurt M. Ribisl. “Is There a Relationship Between the Concentration of Same-Sex Couples and Tobacco Retailer Density?” Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 18, no. 2 (February 2016): 147–55. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntv046.
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  - Pizzitutti, Francesco, William Pan, Alisson Barbieri, J Jaime Miranda, Beth Feingold, Gilvan R. Guedes, Javiera Alarcon-Valenzuela, and Carlos F. Mena. “A validated agent-based model to study the spatial and temporal heterogeneities of malaria incidence in the rainforest environment.” Malaria Journal 14 (December 22, 2015): 514. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-1030-7.
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  - Lantos, Paul M., Lise E. Nigrovic, Paul G. Auwaerter, Vance G. Fowler, Felicia Ruffin, R Jory Brinkerhoff, Jodi Reber, et al. “Geographic Expansion of Lyme Disease in the Southeastern United States, 2000-2014.” Open Forum Infect Dis 2, no. 4 (December 2015): ofv143. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv143.
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  - Salmon-Mulanovich, Gabriela, David L. Blazes, Andres G. Lescano, Daniel G. Bausch, Joel M. Montgomery, and William K. Pan. “Economic Burden of Dengue Virus Infection at the Household Level Among Residents of Puerto Maldonado, Peru.” The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 93, no. 4 (October 2015): 684–90. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.14-0755.
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  - Platts-Mills, James A., Sudhir Babji, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Jean Gratz, Rashidul Haque, Alexandre Havt, Benjamin Jj McCormick, et al. “Pathogen-specific burdens of community diarrhoea in developing countries: a multisite birth cohort study (MAL-ED).” The Lancet. Global Health 3, no. 9 (September 2015): e564–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(15)00151-5.
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  - Ribeiro, Fabíola Karla Correa, William Pan, Adelmo Bertolde, Solange Alves Vinhas, Renata Lyrio Peres, Lee Riley, Moisés Palaci, and Ethel Leonor Maciel. “Genotypic and Spatial Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission in a High-Incidence Urban Setting.” Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 61, no. 5 (September 2015): 758–66. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ365.
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  - Lee, Joseph G. L., Adam O. Goldstein, William K. Pan, and Kurt M. Ribisl. “Relationship Between Tobacco Retailers' Point-of-Sale Marketing and the Density of Same-Sex Couples, 97 U.S. Counties, 2012.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 12, no. 8 (July 28, 2015): 8790–8810. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120808790.
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  - O’Meara, Wendy P., Joshua A. Mott, Jeremiah Laktabai, Kabura Wamburu, Barry Fields, Janice Armstrong, Steve M. Taylor, et al. “Etiology of pediatric fever in western Kenya: a case-control study of falciparum malaria, respiratory viruses, and streptococcal pharyngitis.” Am J Trop Med Hyg 92, no. 5 (May 2015): 1030–37. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.14-0560.
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  - Miranda, J Jaime, Antonio Bernabé-Ortiz, Francisco Diez-Canseco, Germán Málaga, María K. Cardenas, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, M Amalia Pesantes, et al. “Building a platform for translational research in chronic noncommunicable diseases to address population health: lessons from NHLBI supported CRONICAS in Peru.” Global Heart 10, no. 1 (March 2015): 13–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gheart.2014.12.012.
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  - Diringer, Sarah E., Beth J. Feingold, Ernesto J. Ortiz, John A. Gallis, Julio M. Araújo-Flores, Axel Berky, William K. Y. Pan, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “River transport of mercury from artisanal and small-scale gold mining and risks for dietary mercury exposure in Madre de Dios, Peru.” Environmental Science. Processes & Impacts 17, no. 2 (February 2015): 478–87. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4em00567h.
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  - Hoest, Christel, Jessica C. Seidman, William Pan, Ramya Ambikapathi, Gagandeep Kang, Margaret Kosek, Stacey Knobler, Carl J. Mason, Mark Miller, and Mark MAL-ED Network Investigators. “Evaluating associations between vaccine response and malnutrition, gut function, and enteric infections in the MAL-ED cohort study: methods and challenges.” Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 59 Suppl 4 (November 2014): S273–79. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu611.
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  - MAL-ED Network Investigators, R. J. “The MAL-ED study: a multinational and multidisciplinary approach to understand the relationship between enteric pathogens, malnutrition, gut physiology, physical growth, cognitive development, and immune responses in infants and children up to 2 years of age in resource-poor environments.” Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 59 Suppl 4 (November 2014): S193–206. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu653.
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  - Platts-Mills, James A., Benjamin J. J. McCormick, Margaret Kosek, William K. Pan, William Checkley, Eric R. Houpt, and Eric R. MAL-ED Network Investigators. “Methods of analysis of enteropathogen infection in the MAL-ED Cohort Study.” Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 59 Suppl 4 (November 2014): S233–38. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu408.
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  - Richard, Stephanie A., Benjamin J. J. McCormick, Mark A. Miller, Laura E. Caulfield, William Checkley, and William MAL-ED Network Investigators. “Modeling environmental influences on child growth in the MAL-ED cohort study: opportunities and challenges.” Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 59 Suppl 4 (November 2014): S255–60. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu436.
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  - Lee, Gwenyth, Maribel Paredes Olortegui, Pablo Peñataro Yori, Robert E. Black, Laura Caulfield, Cesar Banda Chavez, Eric Hall, William K. Pan, Rina Meza, and Margaret Kosek. “Effects of Shigella-, Campylobacter- and ETEC-associated diarrhea on childhood growth.” The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 33, no. 10 (October 2014): 1004–9. https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000000351.
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  - Tudor, Carrie, Martie Van der Walt, Bruce Margot, Susan E. Dorman, William K. Pan, Gayane Yenokyan, and Jason E. Farley. “Tuberculosis among health care workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a retrospective cohort analysis.” Bmc Public Health 14 (August 30, 2014): 891. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-891.
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  - Hahn, Micah B., Sarah H. Olson, Amy Y. Vittor, Christovam Barcellos, Jonathan A. Patz, and William Pan. “Conservation efforts and malaria in the Brazilian Amazon.” The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 90, no. 4 (April 2014): 591–94. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.13-0323.
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  - Anderson, Weston, Seth Guikema, Ben Zaitchik, and William Pan. “Methods for estimating population density in data-limited areas: evaluating regression and tree-based models in Peru.” Plos One 9, no. 7 (January 2014): e100037. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100037.
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  - Messina, Joseph P., and William K. Pan. “Different ontologies: land change science and health research.” Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 5, no. 5 (October 2013): 515–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2013.05.006.
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  - Barbieri, Alisson Flávio, and William K. Pan. “People, Land, and Context: Multilevel Determinants of Off-farm Employment in the Ecuadorian Amazon.” Population, Space and Place 19, no. 5 (September 2013): 558–79. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.1733.
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  - Mergler, Michelle J., Saad B. Omer, William K. Y. Pan, Ann Marie Navar-Boggan, Walter Orenstein, Edgar K. Marcuse, James Taylor, et al. “Association of vaccine-related attitudes and beliefs between parents and health care providers.” Vaccine 31, no. 41 (September 2013): 4591–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.07.039.
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  - Valle, Denis, Benjamin Zaitchik, Beth Feingold, Keith Spangler, and William Pan. “Abundance of water bodies is critical to guide mosquito larval control interventions and predict risk of mosquito-borne diseases.” Parasites & Vectors 6 (June 18, 2013): 179. https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-179.
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  - Parker, Benjamin S., Maribel Paredes Olortegui, Pablo Peñataro Yori, Karin Escobedo, David Florin, Silvia Rengifo Pinedo, Roldan Cardenas Greffa, et al. “Hyperendemic malaria transmission in areas of occupation-related travel in the Peruvian Amazon.” Malaria Journal 12 (May 31, 2013): 178. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-178.
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  - Mergler, Michelle J., Saad B. Omer, William K. Y. Pan, Ann Marie Navar-Boggan, Walter Orenstein, Edgar K. Marcuse, James Taylor, et al. “Are Recent Medical Graduates More Skeptical of Vaccines?” Vaccines 1, no. 2 (April 29, 2013): 154–66. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines1020154.
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  - Lee, Gwenyth, William Pan, Pablo Peñataro Yori, Maribel Paredes Olortegui, Drake Tilley, Michael Gregory, Richard Oberhelman, Rosa Burga, Cesar Banda Chavez, and Margaret Kosek. “Symptomatic and asymptomatic Campylobacter infections associated with reduced growth in Peruvian children.” Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases 7, no. 1 (January 31, 2013): e2036. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002036.
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  - Chang, Suzanne W., William S. Pan, Daniel Lozano Beltran, Lizet Oleyda Baldelomar, Marco Antonio Solano, Iskra Tuero, Jon S. Friedland, Faustino Torrico, and Robert H. Gilman. “Gut hormones, appetite suppression and cachexia in patients with pulmonary TB.” Plos One 8, no. 1 (January 24, 2013): e54564. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054564.
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  - Gavidia, Cesar M., Manuela R. Verastegui, Hector H. Garcia, Teresa Lopez-Urbina, Victor C. W. Tsang, William Pan, Robert H. Gilman, Armando E. Gonzalez, and Armando E. Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru. “Relationship between serum antibodies and Taenia solium larvae burden in pigs raised in field conditions.” Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases 7, no. 5 (January 2013): e2192. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002192.
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  - Lee, Gwenyth, Pablo Yori, Maribel Paredes Olortegui, William Pan, Laura Caulfield, Robert H. Gilman, John W. Sanders, Hermann Silva Delgado, and Margaret Kosek. “Comparative effects of vivax malaria, fever and diarrhoea on child growth.” International Journal of Epidemiology 41, no. 2 (April 2012): 531–39. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyr190.
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  - Farley, Jason E., Malathi Ram, William Pan, Stacie Waldman, Gail H. Cassell, Richard E. Chaisson, Karin Weyer, Joey Lancaster, and Martie Van der Walt. “Outcomes of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among a cohort of South African patients with high HIV prevalence.” Plos One 6, no. 7 (January 2011): e20436. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020436.
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  - Singh, Abhishek, Praveen Kumar Pathak, Rajesh Kumar Chauhan, and William Pan. “Infant and child mortality in India in the last two decades: a geospatial analysis.” Plos One 6, no. 11 (January 2011): e26856. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026856.
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  - Maciel, E. L. N., W. Pan, R. Dietze, R. L. Peres, S. A. Vinhas, F. K. Ribeiro, M. Palaci, R. R. Rodrigues, E. Zandonade, and J. E. Golub. “Spatial patterns of pulmonary tuberculosis incidence and their relationship to socio-economic status in Vitoria, Brazil.” The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease : The Official Journal of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 14, no. 11 (November 2010): 1395–1402.
  - Franklin, F Abron, Thomas A. Laveist, Daniel W. Webster, and William K. Pan. “Alcohol outlets and violent crime in washington d.C.” The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 11, no. 3 (August 2010): 283–90.
  - Labrique, Alain B., and William K-Y Pan. “Diagnostic tests: understanding results, assessing utility, and predicting performance.” American Journal of Ophthalmology 149, no. 6 (June 2010): 878-881.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2010.01.001.
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  - Kuang-Yao Pan, William, Christine Erlien, and Richard E. Bilsborrow. “Morbidity and mortality disparities among colonist and indigenous populations in the Ecuadorian Amazon.” Social Science & Medicine (1982) 70, no. 3 (February 2010): 401–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.021.
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  - Salmon, Daniel A., Philip J. Smith, William K. Y. Pan, Ann Marie Navar, Saad B. Omer, and Neal A. Halsey. “Disparities in preschool immunization coverage associated with maternal age.” Human Vaccines 5, no. 8 (August 14, 2009): 557–61. https://doi.org/10.4161/hv.5.8.9009.
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  - Vittor, Amy Y., William Pan, Robert H. Gilman, James Tielsch, Gregory Glass, Tim Shields, Wagner Sánchez-Lozano, et al. “Linking deforestation to malaria in the Amazon: characterization of the breeding habitat of the principal malaria vector, Anopheles darlingi.” The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 81, no. 1 (July 2009): 5–12.
  - Walkup, John T., Allison Barlow, Britta C. Mullany, William Pan, Novalene Goklish, Ranelda Hasting, Brandii Cowboy, et al. “Randomized controlled trial of a paraprofessional-delivered in-home intervention for young reservation-based American Indian mothers.” Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 48, no. 6 (June 2009): 591–601. https://doi.org/10.1097/chi.0b013e3181a0ab86.
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  - Salmon, Daniel A., Mark J. Sotir, William K. Pan, Jeffrey L. Berg, Saad B. Omer, Shannon Stokley, Daniel J. Hopfensperger, Jeffrey P. Davis, and Neal A. Halsey. “Parental vaccine refusal in Wisconsin: a case-control study.” Wmj : Official Publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin 108, no. 1 (February 2009): 17–23.
  - Villarán, Manuel V., Silvia M. Montano, Guillermo Gonzalvez, Luz M. Moyano, Juan C. Chero, Silvia Rodriguez, Armando E. Gonzalez, et al. “Epilepsy and neurocysticercosis: an incidence study in a Peruvian rural population.” Neuroepidemiology 33, no. 1 (January 2009): 25–31. https://doi.org/10.1159/000210019.
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  - Vittor, K., K. AY, R. H. Gilman, J. Tielsch, G. Glass, T. Shields, W. S. Lozano, V. V. Pinedo, and J. A. Patz. “Ecological characteristics of Anopheles darlingi breeding habitat in the Amazon.” American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygeine 81, no. 1 (2009): 5–12.
  - Beck, Amy L., Lilia Cabrera, William K. Y. Pan, Vitaliano Cama, Jon S. Friedland, Mohammad A. Ghatei, Stephen R. Bloom, Judy Lewis, and Robert H. Gilman. “Peptide YY: a gut hormone associated with anorexia during infectious diarrhea in children.” The Journal of Pediatrics 153, no. 5 (November 2008): 677–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.04.065.
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  - Kosek, M., P. P. Yori, and W. K. Pan. “Erratum: Epidemiology of highly endemic multiply antibiotic-resistant shigellosis in children in the Peruvian Amazon (Pediatrics (2008) 122:3 (e541-e549)).” Pediatrics 122, no. 5 (November 1, 2008): 1163–64. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2008-2989.
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  - Oswald, William E., Gabrielle C. Hunter, Andres G. Lescano, Lilia Cabrera, Elli Leontsini, William K. Pan, Valerie Paz Soldan, and Robert H. Gilman. “Direct observation of hygiene in a Peruvian shantytown: not enough handwashing and too little water.” Tropical Medicine & International Health : Tm & Ih 13, no. 11 (November 2008): 1421–28. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02177.x.
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  - Escombe, A Roderick, David A. J. Moore, Robert H. Gilman, William Pan, Marcos Navincopa, Eduardo Ticona, Carlos Martínez, et al. “The infectiousness of tuberculosis patients coinfected with HIV.” Plos Medicine 5, no. 9 (September 16, 2008): e188. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050188.
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  - Kosek, Margaret, Pablo Peñataro Yori, William K. Pan, Maribel Paredes Olortegui, Robert H. Gilman, Juan Perez, Cesar Banda Chavez, Graciela Meza Sanchez, Rosa Burga, and Eric Hall. “Epidemiology of highly endemic multiply antibiotic-resistant shigellosis in children in the Peruvian Amazon.” Pediatrics 122, no. 3 (September 2008): e541–49. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2008-0458.
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  - Salmon, Daniel A., William K. Y. Pan, Saad B. Omer, Ann Marie Navar, Walter Orenstein, Edgar K. Marcuse, James Taylor, et al. “Vaccine knowledge and practices of primary care providers of exempt vs. vaccinated children.” Human Vaccines 4, no. 4 (July 2008): 286–91. https://doi.org/10.4161/hv.4.4.5752.
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  - Gavidia, Cesar M., Armando E. Gonzalez, Wenbao Zhang, Donald P. McManus, Luis Lopera, Berenice Ninaquispe, Hector H. Garcia, et al. “Diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis, central Peruvian Highlands.” Emerging Infectious Diseases 14, no. 2 (February 2008): 260–66. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1402.061101.
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  - Carr, D. L., F. Murtinho, W. K. Y. Pan, A. Barbieri, R. E. Bilsborrow, C. Suchindran, and T. M. Whitmore. “A multilevel anlaysis of population and deforestation in the Natural Park Sierra de Lacandón (Petén, Guatemala).” Documents D’Analisi Geografica, no. 52 (January 1, 2008): 49–67.
  - Escombe, A. R., D. A. J. Moore, R. H. Gilman, W. Pan, M. Navincopa, E. Ticona, C. Martínez, et al. “The infectiousness of tuberculosis patients coinfected with HIV.” Plos Medicine 5, no. 9 (2008): 1387–96. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050188.
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  - Pan, W., D. Carr, A. Barbieri, R. Bilsborrow, and C. Suchindran. “Forest clearing in the ecuadorian amazon: A study of patterns over space and time.” Population Research and Policy Review 26, no. 5–6 (December 1, 2007): 635–59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11113-007-9045-6.
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  - Escombe, A Roderick, Clarissa C. Oeser, Robert H. Gilman, Marcos Navincopa, Eduardo Ticona, William Pan, Carlos Martínez, et al. “Natural ventilation for the prevention of airborne contagion.” Plos Medicine 4, no. 2 (February 2007): e68. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040068.
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  - Barlow, Allison, Elena Varipatis-Baker, Kristen Speakman, Golda Ginsburg, Ingrid Friberg, Novalene Goklish, Brandii Cowboy, et al. “Home-visiting intervention to improve child care among American Indian adolescent mothers: a randomized trial.” Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 160, no. 11 (November 2006): 1101–7. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.160.11.1101.
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  - Omer, Saad B., William K. Y. Pan, Neal A. Halsey, Shannon Stokley, Lawrence H. Moulton, Ann Marie Navar, Mathew Pierce, and Daniel A. Salmon. “Nonmedical exemptions to school immunization requirements: secular trends and association of state policies with pertussis incidence.” Jama 296, no. 14 (October 2006): 1757–63. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.296.14.1757.
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  - Linkins, Robert W., Daniel A. Salmon, Saad B. Omer, William Ky Pan, Shannon Stokley, and Neal A. Halsey. “Support for immunization registries among parents of vaccinated and unvaccinated school-aged children: a case control study.” Bmc Public Health 6 (September 22, 2006): 236. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-236.
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  - Carr, David L., William K. Y. Pan, and Richard E. Bilsborrow. “Declining fertility on the frontier: the Ecuadorian Amazon.” Population and Environment 28, no. 1 (September 2006): 17–39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-007-0032-y.
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  - Saito, Mayuko, William K. Pan, Robert H. Gilman, Christian T. Bautista, Sapna Bamrah, Christopher A. Martín, Simon J. Tsiouris, D Fermín Argüello, and Gabriela Martinez-Carrasco. “Comparison of altitude effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection between rural and urban communities in Peru.” The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 75, no. 1 (July 2006): 49–54. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.49.
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  - Conlisk, Elizabeth, Scott K. Proescholdbell, and William K. Y. Pan. “Support for tobacco control policies among youth in North Carolina.” North Carolina Medical Journal 67, no. 3 (May 2006): 175–79.
  - Salmon, Daniel A., Philip J. Smith, Ann Marie Navar, William K. Y. Pan, Saad B. Omer, James A. Singleton, and Neal A. Halsey. “Measuring immunization coverage among preschool children: past, present, and future opportunities.” Epidemiologic Reviews 28 (January 2006): 27–40. https://doi.org/10.1093/epirev/mxj001.
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  - Barbieri, A. F., R. E. Bilsborrow, and W. K. Pan. “Farm household lifecycles and land use in the Ecuadorian Amazon.” Population and Environment 27, no. 1 (September 1, 2005): 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-005-0013-y.
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  - Pan, W. K. Y., and R. E. Bilsborrow. “The use of a multilevel statistical model to analyze factors influencing land use: A study of the Ecuadorian Amazon.” Global and Planetary Change 47, no. 2-4 SPEC. ISS. (July 1, 2005): 232–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.10.014.
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  - Pan, W. K. Y., S. J. Walsh, R. E. Bilsborrow, B. G. Frizzelle, C. M. Erlien, and F. Baquero. “Farm-level models of spatial patterns of land use and land cover dynamics in the Ecuadorian Amazon.” Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 101, no. 2–3 (January 1, 2004): 117–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2003.09.022.
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  - McDonnell, W. F., P. W. Stewart, M. V. Smith, W. K. Pan, and J. Pan. “Ozone-induced respiratory symptoms: exposure-response models and association with lung function.” The European Respiratory Journal 14, no. 4 (October 1999): 845–53. https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1399-3003.1999.14d21.x.
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  - Mears, D., K. Pan, G. Xin-rong, and N. Thakor. “Sequential discrimination of atrial and ventricular tachyarrhythmias.” Computers in Cardiology, May 1, 1991, 107–10.
  - Thakor, N. V., Y. S. Zhu, and K. Y. Pan. “Ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation detection by a sequential hypothesis testing algorithm.” Ieee Transactions on Bio Medical Engineering 37, no. 9 (September 1990): 837–43. https://doi.org/10.1109/10.58594.
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  - Thakor, N. V., and K. Pan. “Tachycardia and Fibrillation Detection by Automatic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: Sequential Testing in Time Domain.” Ieee Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine 9, no. 1 (January 1, 1990): 21–24. https://doi.org/10.1109/51.62898.
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  - Pan, W., O. L. Branch, and B. Zaitchik. “Impact of climate change on vector-borne disease in the Amazon.” In Global Climate Change and Public Health, 193–210, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8417-2_11.
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