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Adam J. Milam
Researcher at Johns Hopkins University
Publications - 90
Citations - 1631
Adam J. Milam is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 75 publications receiving 1272 citations. Previous affiliations of Adam J. Milam include Cedars-Sinai Medical Center & Wayne State University.
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Perceived School and Neighborhood Safety, Neighborhood Violence and Academic Achievement in Urban School Children
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of perceived safety and community violence exposure on primary school children's academic performance was examined among a population of 3rd-5th grade students in an urban public school system.
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The growth of neighborhood disorder and marijuana use among urban adolescents: a case for policy and environmental interventions.
C. Debra M. Furr-Holden,Myong Hwa Lee,Adam J. Milam,Renee M. Johnson,Kwang Sig Lee,Nicholas S. Ialongo +5 more
TL;DR: A salient and malleable neighborhood characteristic, abandoned housing, which predicted elevated risk for young-adult marijuana use was identified, which supports environmental strategies that target abandoned buildings as a means to improve health and health behaviors for community residents, particularly young- adult substance use.
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Finding Significant Stress Episodes in a Discontinuous Time Series of Rapidly Varying Mobile Sensor Data
Hillol Sarker,Matthew Tyburski,Mahbubur Rahman,Karen Hovsepian,Moushumi Sharmin,David H. Epstein,Kenzie L. Preston,C. Debra M. Furr-Holden,Adam J. Milam,Inbal Nahum-Shani,Mustafa al'Absi,Santosh Kumar +11 more
TL;DR: A time series pattern mining method to detect significant stress episodes in a time series of discontinuous and rapidly varying stress data is proposed and a model to predict stressful episodes is developed.
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African Americans now outpace whites in opioid-involved overdose deaths: a comparison of temporal trends from 1999 to 2018
TL;DR: Growth in opioid-involved overdose deaths among African Americans now outpaces that of Whites in the United States, and the trend for Whites more closely aligned with the CDC-defined epidemic periods than for African Americans.
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Neighborhood alcohol outlets and the association with violent crime in one mid-Atlantic City: The implications for zoning policy
Jacky M. Jennings,Adam J. Milam,Adam J. Milam,Amelia Greiner,C. Debra M. Furr-Holden,Frank C. Curriero,Rachel L. J. Thornton +6 more
TL;DR: Generating Baltimore-specific estimates of the relationship between alcohol outlets and violent crime has been central to supporting the incorporation of alcohol outlet policies in the zoning code rewrite being conducted in Baltimore City.