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University of California Berkeley: Berkeley, CA, US

2010 to present | Professor (School of Public Health)
Employment
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William Dow

University of California Berkeley: Berkeley, CA, US

2004 to 2010 | Associate Professor (School of Public Health)
Employment
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William Dow

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Chapel Hill, NC, US

1998 to 2004 | Assistant Professor (School of Public Health)
Employment
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William Dow

RAND Corp: Santa Monica, CA, US

1995 to 1998 | Postdoctoral Fellow
Employment
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William Dow

Education and qualifications (2)

Yale University: New Haven, CT, US

1991 to 1995 | PhD (Economics)
Education
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William Dow

Cornell University: Ithaca, NY, US

1987 to 1991 | BA (Economics)
Education
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William Dow

Funding (9)

Smoking Cessation Contracts with Social and Monetary Incentives

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Variability of mortality levels and trends by state in the United States

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William Dow via DimensionsWizard

HIV screening take-up: evaluating incentives and opt-out strategies

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William Dow via DimensionsWizard

Costa Rican Health and Retirement Survey

2008-09-15 to 2015-06-30 | Grant
National Institute on Aging (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 5R01AG031716-05
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William Dow via DimensionsWizard

ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF MORTALITY

2001-04-01 to 2005-03-31 | Grant
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 7R01HD038330-04
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William Dow via DimensionsWizard

MATERNAL MORTALITY EFFECTS OF ABORTION LEGALIZATION

1998-05-01 to 2001-11-30 | Grant
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 5R03HD036425-03
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William Dow via DimensionsWizard

MORTALITY EFFECTS OF HEALTH INSURANCE

1998-02-15 to 2001-01-31 | Grant
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 5R03HD035963-03
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William Dow via DimensionsWizard

Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging

1997-07-01 to 2019-06-30 | Grant
National Institute on Aging (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 5P30AG012839-22
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William Dow via DimensionsWizard

Studies in Global Mortality

1993-07-21 to 2016-05-31 | Grant
National Institute on Aging (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 5R01AG011552-19
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William Dow via DimensionsWizard

Works (50 of 87)

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Learning from employer experiences with paid leave policy expansions during the COVID-19 pandemic

Health Affairs Scholar
2024-10-04 | Journal article
Contributors: William H Dow; Julia M Goodman; Paloma Lin; Paige Park
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Financial incentives to improve re-engagement in HIV care: results from a randomized pilot study

AIDS Care
2023-07-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Rebecca Hémono; Nicole K. Kelly; Carolyn A. Fahey; Kassim Hassan; Janeth Msasa; Rashid S. Mfaume; Prosper F. Njau; William H. Dow; Sandra I. McCoy
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Does educational attainment modify the causal relationship between adiposity and cardiovascular disease? A Mendelian randomization study

SSM - Population Health
2023-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Robert C. Schell; William H. Dow; Lia C.H. Fernald; Patrick T. Bradshaw; David H. Rehkopf
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Inequities in paid parental leave across industry and occupational class: Drivers and simulated policy remedies

SSM - Population Health
2022-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Holly Elser; Connor Williams; William H. Dow; Julia M. Goodman
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Color disparities in cognitive aging among Puerto Ricans on the archipelago

SSM - Population Health
2022-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Mao-Mei Liu; Michael Crowe; Edward E. Telles; Ivonne Z. Jiménez-Velázquez; William H. Dow
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Education and adult mortality in middle-income countries: Surprising gradients in six nationally-representative longitudinal surveys

SSM - Population Health
2020-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Nikkil Sudharsanan; Yuan Zhang; Collin F. Payne; William Dow; Eileen Crimmins
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Peer effects in smoking cessation: An instrumental variables analysis of a worksite intervention in Thailand

SSM - Population Health
2020-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Christopher Lowenstein; William H. Dow; Justin S. White
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Employer-Reported Access to Paid Parental Leave: A study of San Francisco’s Paid Parental Leave Ordinance

SSM - Population Health
2020-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Julia M. Goodman; Holly Elser; William H. Dow
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Beyond the great recession: Was the foreclosure crisis harmful to the health of individuals with diabetes?

American Journal of Epidemiology
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85019597111

Contributors: Downing, J.; Laraia, B.; Rodriguez, H.; Dow, W.H.; Adler, N.; Schillinger, D.; Warton, E.M.; Karter, A.J.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Cash vs. food assistance to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected adults in Tanzania

AIDS
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85009997360

Contributors: McCoy, S.I.; Njau, P.F.; Fahey, C.; Kapologwe, N.; Kadiyala, S.; Jewell, N.P.; Dow, W.H.; Padian, N.S.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Differential DNA methylation and lymphocyte proportions in a Costa Rican high longevity region

Epigenetics and Chromatin
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85018182012

Contributors: McEwen, L.M.; Morin, A.M.; Edgar, R.D.; MacIsaac, J.L.; Jones, M.J.; Dow, W.H.; Rosero-Bixby, L.; Kobor, M.S.; Rehkopf, D.H.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Downing et al. Respond to "foreclosures and health in a neighborhood context"

American Journal of Epidemiology
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85019560421

Contributors: Downing, J.; Laraia, B.; Rodriguez, H.; Dow, W.H.; Adler, N.; Schillinger, D.; Warton, E.M.; Karter, A.J.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Education Gains Attributable to Fertility Decline: Patterns by Gender, Period, and Country in Latin America and Asia

Demography
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85021797082

Contributors: Li, J.; Dow, W.H.; Rosero-Bixby, L.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Female sex workers use power over their day-to-day lives to meet the condition of a conditional cash transfer intervention to incentivize safe sex

Social Science and Medicine
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85017164451

Contributors: Cooper, J.E.; Dow, W.H.; de Walque, D.; Keller, A.C.; McCoy, S.I.; Fernald, L.C.H.; Balampama, M.P.; Kalolella, A.; Packel, L.J.; Wechsberg, W.M. et al.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Food environment and weight change: Does residential mobility matter? the diabetes study of northern California (DISTANCE)

American Journal of Epidemiology
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85020215800

Contributors: Laraia, B.A.; Downing, J.M.; Zhang, Y.T.; Dow, W.H.; Kelly, M.; Blanchard, S.D.; Adler, N.; Schillinger, D.; Moffet, H.; Warton, E.M. et al.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Nearly one-third of enrollees in California's individual market missed opportunities to receive financial assistance

Health Affairs
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85011890881

Contributors: Fung, V.; Liang, C.Y.; Donelan, K.; Peitzman, C.G.K.; Dow, W.H.; Zaslavsky, A.M.; Fireman, B.; Derose, S.F.; Chernew, M.E.; Newhouse, J.P. et al.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Risk factors for late-life depression and correlates of antidepressant use in Costa Rica: Results from a nationally-representative longitudinal survey of older adults

Journal of Affective Disorders
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84994371499

Contributors: Gertner, A.K.; Domino, M.E.; Dow, W.H.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

The Impact of Positive Income Shocks on Risky Sexual Behavior: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania

AIDS and Behavior
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84983393687

Contributors: Wagner, Z.; Gong, E.; de Walque, D.; Dow, W.H.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

The Labor-Market Impact of San Francisco's Employer-Benefit Mandate

Industrial Relations
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85002373993

Contributors: Colla, C.H.; Dow, W.H.; Dube, A.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Women’s Relationship Power Modifies the Effect of a Randomized Conditional Cash Transfer Intervention for Safer Sex in Tanzania

AIDS and Behavior
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85026844024

Contributors: Cooper, J.E.; McCoy, S.I.; Fernald, L.C.H.; de Walque, D.; Dow, W.H.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Exploring why Costa Rica outperforms the United States in life expectancy: A tale of two inequality gradients

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84957309202

Contributors: Rosero-Bixby, L.; Dow, W.H.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Medicaid Spending Differences for Child/Youth Community-Based Care in California’s Decentralized Public Mental Health System

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84979261648

Contributors: Vanneman, M.E.; Snowden, L.R.; Dow, W.H.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

No Spillover Effect of the Foreclosure Crisis on Weight Change: The Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)

PloS one
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85019563769

Contributors: Downing, J.; Karter, A.; Rodriguez, H.; Dow, W.H.; Adler, N.; Schillinger, D.; Warton, M.; Laraia, B.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Patient choice in opt-in, active choice, and opt-out HIV screening: Randomized clinical trial

BMJ (Online)
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84959416575

Contributors: Montoy, J.C.C.; Dow, W.H.; Kaplan, B.C.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Predicting survival from telomere length versus conventional predictors: A multinational population-based cohort study

PLoS ONE
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84962839069

Contributors: Glei, D.A.; Goldman, N.; Risques, R.A.; Rehkopf, D.H.; Dow, W.H.; Rosero-Bixby, L.; Weinstein, M.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Pulse blood pressure and cardiovascular mortality in a population-based cohort of elderly Costa Ricans

Journal of Human Hypertension
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84950275935

Contributors: Rosero-Bixby, L.; Coto-Yglesias, F.; Dow, W.H.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Colla et al. respond

American journal of public health
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84926658465

Contributors: Colla, C.H.; Dow, W.H.; Dube, A.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Rationale and design of a randomized study of short-term food and cash assistance to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy among food insecure HIV-infected adults in Tanzania

BMC Infectious Diseases
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84946498740

Contributors: McCoy, S.I.; Njau, P.F.; Czaicki, N.L.; Kadiyala, S.; Jewell, N.P.; Dow, W.H.; Padian, N.S.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Association between casino opening or expansion and risk of childhood overweight and obesity

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84895459587

Contributors: Jones-Smith, J.C.; Dow, W.H.; Chichlowska, K.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Early effects of the San Francisco paid sick leave policy

American Journal of Public Health
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84911072452

Contributors: Colla, C.H.; Dow, W.H.; Dube, A.; Lovell, V.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Educational gradients in psychotropic medication use among older adults in Costa Rica and the United States

Psychiatric Services
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84907614474

Contributors: Domino, M.E.; Dow, W.H.; Coto-Yglesias, F.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Health spending requirements in San Francisco

When Mandates Work: Raising Labor Standards at the Local Level
2014 | Book
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2-s2.0-84943160069

Contributors: Colla, C.H.; Dow, W.H.; Dube, A.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Seasonal variation of peripheral blood leukocyte telomere length in Costa Rica: A population-based observational study

American Journal of Human Biology
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84899492327

Contributors: Rehkopf, D.H.; Dow, W.H.; Rosero-Bixby, L.; Lin, J.; Epel, E.S.; Blackburn, E.H.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Social Network Recruitment for Yo Puedo: An Innovative Sexual Health Intervention in an Underserved Urban Neighborhood—Sample and Design Implications

Journal of Primary Prevention
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84921389684

Contributors: Minnis, A.M.; vanDommelen-Gonzalez, E.; Luecke, E.; Cheng, H.; Dow, W.; Bautista-Arredondo, S.; Padian, N.S.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

The declining effect of sibling size on children's education in Costa Rica

Demographic Research
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84920285566

Contributors: Li, J.; Dow, W.H.; Rosero-Bixby, L.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

The short-term impacts of earned income tax credit disbursement on health

International Journal of Epidemiology
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84922353344

Contributors: Rehkopf, D.H.; Strully, K.W.; Dow, W.H.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Yo Puedo - A Conditional Cash Transfer and Life Skills Intervention to Promote Adolescent Sexual Health: Results of a Randomized Feasibility Study in San Francisco

Journal of Adolescent Health
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84903174751

Contributors: Minnis, A.M.; Vandommelen-Gonzalez, E.; Luecke, E.; Dow, W.; Bautista-Arredondo, S.; Padian, N.S.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Adverse clinical events among medicare beneficiaries using antipsychotic drugs: Linking health insurance benefits and clinical needs

Medical Care
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84879856016

Contributors: Fung, V.; Price, M.; Busch, A.B.; Landrum, M.B.; Fireman, B.; Nierenberg, A.; Dow, W.H.; Hui, R.; Frank, R.; Newhouse, J.P. et al.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Commitment contracts and team incentives: A randomized controlled trial for smoking cessation in Thailand

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84886030517

Contributors: White, J.S.; Dow, W.H.; Rungruanghiranya, S.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Informing public policy toward binational health insurance: Empirical evidence from California

Salud Publica de Mexico
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84890899816

Contributors: Fulton, B.D.; Galárraga, O.; Dow, W.H.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Longer leukocyte telomere length in Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula: A population-based study

Experimental Gerontology
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84884152924

Contributors: Rehkopf, D.H.; Dow, W.H.; Rosero-Bixby, L.; Lin, J.; Epel, E.S.; Blackburn, E.H.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Responses to medicare drug costs among near-poor versus subsidized beneficiaries

Health Services Research
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84884900894

Contributors: Fung, V.; Reed, M.; Price, M.; Brand, R.; Dow, W.H.; Newhouse, J.P.; Hsu, J.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

San Francisco's 'pay or play' employer mandate expanded private coverage by local firms and a public care program

Health Affairs
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84872073071

Contributors: Colla, C.H.; Dow, W.H.; Dube, A.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

The Nicoya region of costa Rica: A high longevity Island for elderly males

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84899696256

Contributors: Rosero-bixby, L.; Dow, W.H.; Rehkopf, D.H.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Cardiovascular consequences of income change

The Biological Consequences of Socioeconomic Inequalities
2012 | Book
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2-s2.0-84922385253

Contributors: Rehkopf, D.H.; Dow, W.H.; Gruenewald, T.L.; Karlamangla, A.S.; Kiefe, C.; Seeman, T.E.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

COBRA ARRA subsidies: Was the carrot enticing enough?

Health Services Research
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84866491744

Contributors: Graetz, I.; Reed, M.; Fung, V.; Dow, W.H.; Newhouse, J.P.; Hsu, J.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Evolving strategies, opportunistic implementation: HIV risk reduction in Tanzania in the context of an incentive-based HIV prevention intervention

PLoS ONE
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84865419242

Contributors: Packel, L.; Keller, A.; Dow, W.H.; de Walque, D.; Nathan, R.; Mtenga, S.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Incentivising safe sex: A randomised trial of conditional cash transfers for HIV and sexually transmitted infection prevention in rural Tanzania

BMJ Open
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84857856628

Contributors: De Walque, D.; Dow, W.H.; Nathan, R.; Abdul, R.; Abilahi, F.; Gong, E.; Isdahl, Z.; Jamison, J.; Jullu, B.; Krishnan, S. et al.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Long-term association of economic inequality and mortality in adult Costa Ricans

Social Science and Medicine
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84855972321

Contributors: Modrek, S.; Dow, W.H.; Rosero-Bixby, L.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier

Predicting mortality with biomarkers: a population-based prospective cohort study for elderly Costa Ricans

Population Health Metrics
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84862201450

Contributors: Rosero-Bixby, L.; Dow, W.H.
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William Dow via Scopus - Elsevier
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