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Annie Eun-Young Ro

Title(s)Associate Professor, Health, Society and Behavior
SchoolUC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health
Address856 Health Sciences Quad
University of California, Irvine
Irvine CA 92697-3957
Phone(949) 824-6185
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    1. Consistent Enrollment in a Health Care Coverage Program Is Associated With Fewer Type 2 Diabetes-Related Emergency Department Visits for Uninsured Immigrants. Med Care. 2026 Jun 01; 64(6):381-386. Ro AE, Villalba Madrid M, Haro Ramos A, Axeen S, Gorman A, Jiang L, Roby D, Schneberk T. PMID: 42117908.
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    2. Developing an Intergenerational Model of Structural Racism Exposure among Women in Black Families in South Carolina, 1989-2020. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2026 Apr 14. Ro A, Xie Y, Lee WJ, Allgood KL, Henderson AK, Huynh MP, Margerison CE, Needham BL, Palma AM, Smith MG, Vander Woude C, Fleischer NL. PMID: 41979788.
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    3. Self-Pay Emergency Department Visits by Undocumented Patients After 2018 Public Charge Announcement. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Jan 02; 9(1):e2555081. Haro-Ramos AY, Axeen S, Gorman A, Schneberk T, Ro A. PMID: 41609825; PMCID: PMC12856681.
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    4. Changes in Type 2 Diabetes Medications Among Primary Care Patients After California's 2022 Medicaid Expansion. Diabetes Care. 2026 Jan 01; 49(1):78-85. Ro AE, Morales C, Jiang L, Choi JM, Tavares Kuhn N, Wu C. PMID: 41191813; PMCID: PMC12719703.
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    5. A qualitative study on the transition to full-scope Medi-Cal among older Latino patients in California. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Dec 31; 26(1):166. Ro A, Morales C, Valencia C. PMID: 41476291; PMCID: PMC12865940.
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    6. The influence of maternal life course exposure to neighborhood affluence and disadvantage on Black/White disparities in adverse birth outcomes in South Carolina. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Nov 19. Kappelman AL, Ro A, Admon LK, Needham BL, Fleischer NL. PMID: 41258810; PMCID: PMC13102464.
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    7. Racial/ethnic disparities in time from diagnosis to surgical treatment for type I and type II endometrial carcinomas. Gynecol Oncol. 2025 Aug; 199:139-146. Rodriguez VE, Ro A, Hoyt MA, Tanjasiri SP, Bristow RE, LeBrón AMW. PMID: 40639063.
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    8. Association of education labor overmatch and health among U.S.-born and immigrant older adults. Innov Aging. 2025 Jul; 9(7):igaf076. Martinez-Cardoso A, Omari A, Chen L, Jang W, Ro A. PMID: 41142665; PMCID: PMC12547904.
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    9. Examining Emergency Department Utilization and Hospital Admissions Among Older Undocumented Immigrants: Insights From a Primary Care County Program. Gerontologist. 2025 Apr 09; 65(5). Haro-Ramos AY, Axeen S, Gorman AR, Schneberk T, Ro AE. PMID: 39898410; PMCID: PMC11979762.
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    10. Black/White disparities in low birth weight across maternal trajectories of social mobility in South Carolina. Soc Sci Med. 2025 Feb; 366:117675. Kappelman AL, Ro A, Admon L, Needham BL, Fleischer NL. PMID: 39809059; PMCID: PMC11822866.
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    11. Exposure to structural racism-related state laws is associated with worse cardiovascular health among US adults, BRFSS 2011 and 2013. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Jan 08; 194(1):142-151. Needham BL, Dokshina D, Ali T, Allgood KL, Douglas M, Dulin A, Fleischer NL, Johnson AE, Ro A, Agénor M. PMID: 38960630.
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    12. Trends in endometrial cancer incidence in the United States by race/ethnicity and age of onset from 2000 to 2019. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Jan 08; 194(1):103-113. Rodriguez VE, Tanjasiri SP, Ro A, Hoyt MA, Bristow RE, LeBrón AMW. PMID: 38960701; PMCID: PMC12034838.
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    13. Undocumented Patients with Access to Primary Care and Avoidable Emergency Department Visits: Evidence from a Safety-Net System. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2025; 36(3):900-914. Ro A, Morales C, Axeen S, Gorman A, Schneberk T. PMID: 40820781.
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    14. Remote school instruction in Fall 2020 and psychiatric emergencies among adolescents in Los Angeles County. BMC Psychiatry. 2024 Nov 27; 24(1):854. Huo S, Ro A, Du S, Young A, Bruckner TA. PMID: 39604919; PMCID: PMC11603950.
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    15. Comparing imputation approaches for immigration status in ED visits: Implications for using electronic medical records. Health Serv Res. 2025 Feb; 60(1):e14397. Axeen S, Gorman A, Schneberk T, Ro A. PMID: 39497349; PMCID: PMC11782073.
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    16. Policies and Indicators to Operationalize Structural Racism for Quantitative Health Research. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Aug 06. Ali T, Allgood KL, Needham B, Ro A, Hirschtick JL, Fleischer NL. PMID: 39108171.
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    17. Anxious Activists? Examining Immigration Policy Threat, Political Engagement, and Anxiety among College Students with Different Self/Parental Immigration Statuses. J Health Soc Behav. 2024 09; 65(3):381-399. Manalo-Pedro E, Enriquez LE, Nájera JR, Ro A. PMID: 38682706; PMCID: PMC11380356.
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    18. Social vulnerability and new mobility disability among adults with polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-confirmed SARS-CoV-2: Michigan COVID-19 Recovery Surveillance Study. Prev Med. 2023 12; 177:107719. Allgood KL, Whittington B, Xie Y, Hirschtick JL, Ro A, Orellana RC, Fleischer NL. PMID: 37788721.
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    19. Structural racism, air pollution and the association with adverse birth outcomes in the United States: the value of examining intergenerational associations. Front Epidemiol. 2023; 3:1190407. Buxton MA, Fleischer NL, Ro A, O'Neill MS. PMID: 38455927; PMCID: PMC10910959.
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    20. Changes in Acute ED Visits by Race/Ethnicity During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic. J Immigr Minor Health. 2023 Dec; 25(6):1286-1294. Morales C, Bruckner TA, Du S, Young A, Ro A. PMID: 37269403; PMCID: PMC10239213.
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    21. Immigration-Related Discrimination and Mental Health among Latino Undocumented Students and U.S. Citizen Students with Undocumented Parents: A Mixed-Methods Investigation. J Health Soc Behav. 2023 12; 64(4):593-609. Rodriguez VE, Enriquez LE, Ro A, Ayón C. PMID: 37222500; PMCID: PMC10683331.
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    22. Psychiatric Admissions Among Undocumented Immigrants at an Urban County Hospital. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2023; 34(2):613-624. Du S, Yang H, Ro A, Huynh MP, Hanlon C, Young A. PMID: 37464521.
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    23. COVID-19-Related Emergency Department Visits Among Undocumented Patients in Los Angeles County. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2023; 34(1):263-274. Huynh MP, Du S, Hanlon C, Yang H, Young A, Ro A. PMID: 37464493.
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    24. Psychiatric Emergencies in Los Angeles County During, and After, Initial COVID-19 Societal Restrictions: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis. Community Ment Health J. 2023 05; 59(4):622-630. Bruckner TA, Huo S, Huynh M, Du S, Young A, Ro A. PMID: 36509936; PMCID: PMC9744376.
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    25. COVID-19 case counts and COVID-19 related Emergency Department visits: differences by immigration status, March-December 2020. BMC Public Health. 2022 10 26; 22(1):1965. Ro A, Huynh MP, Bruckner TA, Du S, Young A. PMID: 36289476; PMCID: PMC9607655.
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    26. Institutional Racism and Health: a Framework for Conceptualization, Measurement, and Analysis. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 08; 10(4):1997-2019. Needham BL, Ali T, Allgood KL, Ro A, Hirschtick JL, Fleischer NL. PMID: 35994173; PMCID: PMC9395863.
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    27. Emergency Department Utilization Among Undocumented Latino Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 08; 10(4):2020-2027. Ro A, Bruckner TA, Huynh MP, Du S, Young A. PMID: 35982287; PMCID: PMC9388205.
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    28. Food Insecurity and Type 2 Diabetes Among Latinos: Examining Neighborhood Cohesion as a Protective Factor. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 08; 10(4):2061-2070. Osborn B, Morey BN, Billimek J, Ro A. PMID: 35953610; PMCID: PMC9918607.
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    29. Low Job Control and Racial Disparities in Breastfeeding. J Occup Environ Med. 2022 08 01; 64(8):e482-e491. Whitley MD, Ro A, Choi B. PMID: 35688422; PMCID: PMC9357122.
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    30. Food insecurity, diabetes, and perceived diabetes self-management among Latinos in California: Differences by nativity and duration of residence. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Aug; 28:101856. Osborn B, Albrecht SS, Fleischer NL, Ro A. PMID: 35711286; PMCID: PMC9194646.
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    31. Undocumented Older Latino Immigrants in the United States: Population Projections and Share of Older Undocumented Latinos by Health Insurance Coverage and Chronic Health Conditions, 2018-2038. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2022 02 03; 77(2):389-395. Ro A, Van Hook J, Walsemann KM. PMID: 34644384.
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    32. Mental Health and COVID-19 Pandemic Stressors Among Latina/o/x College Students with Varying Self and Parental Immigration Status. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 02; 10(1):282-295. Enriquez LE, Morales AE, Rodriguez VE, Chavarria K, Ro A. PMID: 35072943; PMCID: PMC8785708.
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    33. Variations in Maternal Factors and Preterm Birth Risk among Non-Hispanic Black, White, and Mixed-Race Black/White Women in the United States, 2017. Womens Health Issues. 2022 Mar-Apr; 32(2):140-146. Blebu BE, Waters O, Lucas CT, Ro A. PMID: 34844852; PMCID: PMC8958864.
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    34. Severity of Inpatient Hospitalizations Among Undocumented Immigrants and Medi-Cal Patients in a Los Angeles, California, Hospital: 2019. Am J Public Health. 2021 11; 111(11):2019-2026. Ro A, Yang HW, Du S, Hanlon CL, Young AS. PMID: 34648382; PMCID: PMC8630503.
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    35. Physical and mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic among college students who are undocumented or have undocumented parents. BMC Public Health. 2021 08 21; 21(1):1580. Ro A, Rodriguez VE, Enriquez LE. PMID: 34418995; PMCID: PMC8379579.
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    36. Youth, family and society: Examining the dynamics of e-cigarette use in Latino college students. J Am Coll Health. 2023 07; 71(5):1557-1564. Sandhu R, Runnerstrom M, Ro A. PMID: 34242557.
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    37. The association between social ties and depression among Asian and Pacific Islander undocumented young adults. BMC Public Health. 2021 05 27; 21(1):994. Ro A, Nakphong MK, Choi HY, Nguyen A, Sudhinaraset M. PMID: 34039334; PMCID: PMC8157637.
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    38. Work, race and breastfeeding outcomes for mothers in the United States. PLoS One. 2021; 16(5):e0251125. Whitley MD, Ro A, Palma A. PMID: 33951094; PMCID: PMC8099119.
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    39. Household low pile carpet usage was associated with increased serum PFAS concentrations in 2005-2006. Environ Res. 2021 04; 195:110758. Zhu Y, Ro A, Bartell SM. PMID: 33549621; PMCID: PMC8104467.
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    40. Comparing immigration status and health patterns between Latinos and Asians: Evidence from the Survey of Income and Program Participation. PLoS One. 2021; 16(2):e0246239. Ro A, Van Hook J. PMID: 33529224; PMCID: PMC7853486.
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    41. Immigrant apprehensions and birth outcomes: Evidence from California birth records 2008-2015. Soc Sci Med. 2020 03; 249:112849. Ro A, Bruckner TA, Duquette-Rury L. PMID: 32087487.
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    42. An Examination of Preterm Birth and Residential Social Context among Black Immigrant Women in California, 2007-2010. J Community Health. 2019 10; 44(5):857-865. Blebu BE, Ro A, Kane JB, Bruckner TA. PMID: 30547281.
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    43. Workplace breastfeeding support and job satisfaction among working mothers in the United States. Am J Ind Med. 2019 08; 62(8):716-726. Whitley MD, Ro A, Choi B. PMID: 31168846; PMCID: PMC8423352.
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    44. Beyond access: Psychosocial barriers to undocumented students' use of mental health services. Soc Sci Med. 2019 07; 233:193-200. Cha BS, Enriquez LE, Ro A. PMID: 31212126.
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    45. Reconsidering the Relationship between Age at Migration and Health Behaviors among US Immigrants: The Modifying Role of Continued Cross-border Ties. Adv Med Sociol. 2019; 19:17-45. Torres JM, Ro A, Sudhinaraset M. PMID: 30655659; PMCID: PMC6330705.
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    46. Racial and Ethnic Patterning of Low Birth Weight, Normal Birth Weight, and Macrosomia. Prev Med. 2019 01; 118:196-204. Ro A, Goldberg RE, Kane JB. PMID: 30342108; PMCID: PMC6596993.
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    47. Exploring Dietary Factors in the Food Insecurity and Obesity Relationship Among Latinos in California. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2018; 29(3):1108-1122. Ro A, Osborn B. PMID: 30122686.
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    48. Trends in food insecurity among California residents from 2001 to 2011: Inequities at the intersection of immigration status and ethnicity. Prev Med. 2017 Dec; 105:142-148. Walsemann KM, Ro A, Gee GC. PMID: 28911952.
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    49. Post-migration employment changes and health: A dyadic spousal analysis. Soc Sci Med. 2017 10; 191:202-211. Ro A, Goldberg RE. PMID: 28930670.
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    50. Smoking Trends among U.S. Latinos, 1998-2013: The Impact of Immigrant Arrival Cohort. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 03 02; 14(3). Bostean G, Ro A, Fleischer NL. PMID: 28257125; PMCID: PMC5369091.
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    51. Smoking selectivity among Mexican immigrants to the United States using binational data, 1999-2012. Prev Med. 2017 Apr; 97:26-32. Fleischer NL, Ro A, Bostean G. PMID: 28087468.
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    52. Educational gradients in five Asian immigrant populations: Do country of origin, duration and generational status moderate the education-health relationship? Prev Med Rep. 2016 Dec; 4:338-43. Ro A, Geronimus A, Bound J, Griffith D, Gee G. PMID: 27486564; PMCID: PMC4963251.
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    53. An examination of health selection among U.S. immigrants using multi-national data. Soc Sci Med. 2016 06; 158:114-21. Ro A, Fleischer NL, Blebu B. PMID: 27132066.
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    54. Citizenship as Privilege and Social Identity: Implications for Psychological Distress. Am Behav Sci. 2016 May; 60(5-6):680-704. Gee GC, Morey BN, Walsemann KM, Ro A, Takeuchi DT. PMID: 37850037; PMCID: PMC10580256.
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    55. Duration of U.S. stay and body mass index among Latino and Asian immigrants: A test of theoretical pathways. Soc Sci Med. 2015 Nov; 144:39-47. Ro A, Bostean G. PMID: 26387078.
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    56. Cohort and duration patterns among Asian immigrants: comparing trends in obesity and self-rated health. Biodemography Soc Biol. 2015; 61(1):65-80. Ro A, Geronimus A, Bound J, Griffith D, Gee G. PMID: 25879262; PMCID: PMC4670030.
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    57. Occupational mobility and depression among the foreign-born in the United States. J Immigr Minor Health. 2014 Dec; 16(6):1149-56. Ro A. PMID: 24242225.
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    58. Changes in health selection of obesity among Mexican immigrants: a binational examination. Soc Sci Med. 2014 Dec; 123:114-24. Ro A, Fleischer N. PMID: 25462612.
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    59. The longer you stay, the worse your health? A critical review of the negative acculturation theory among Asian immigrants. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2014 Aug 08; 11(8):8038-57. Ro A. PMID: 25111874; PMCID: PMC4143848.
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    60. Residential mobility across local areas in the United States and the geographic distribution of the healthy population. Demography. 2014 Jun; 51(3):777-809. Geronimus AT, Bound J, Ro A. PMID: 24781651; PMCID: PMC4129513.
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    61. Dimensions of racism and their impact on partner selection among men of colour who have sex with men: understanding pathways to sexual risk. Cult Health Sex. 2013; 15(7):836-50. Ro A, Ayala G, Paul J, Choi KH. PMID: 23659363; PMCID: PMC3742646.
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    62. Effects of gender discrimination and reported stress on drug use among racially/ethnically diverse women in Northern California. Womens Health Issues. 2010 May-Jun; 20(3):211-8. Ro A, Choi KH. PMID: 20457409; PMCID: PMC2869482.
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    63. Racial discrimination and health among Asian Americans: evidence, assessment, and directions for future research. Epidemiol Rev. 2009; 31:130-51. Gee GC, Ro A, Shariff-Marco S, Chae D. PMID: 19805401; PMCID: PMC4933297.
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    64. Social status correlates of reporting gender discrimination and racial discrimination among racially diverse women. Women Health. 2009 Jan-Feb; 49(1):1-15. Ro AE, Choi KH. PMID: 19485231; PMCID: PMC2747613.
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    65. Disentangling the effects of racial and weight discrimination on body mass index and obesity among Asian Americans. Am J Public Health. 2008 Mar; 98(3):493-500. Gee GC, Ro A, Gavin A, Takeuchi DT. PMID: 18235065; PMCID: PMC2253588.
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    66. Association between LDLR polymorphism and diseases in the Japanese population: aging and distribution of the polymorphism. Forensic Sci Int. 2000 Sep 11; 113(1-3):133-7. Hara M, Takada A, Ro A, Saito K, Kido A. PMID: 10978614.
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