Chun-Yuan (Eric) Chen
(Pronouns: He/Him/His)

2025 Quantifying child growth effects using height-age instead of height-for-age z-scores in a meta-analysis of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement trials

Scientific Reports

Co-author | Conceptualized the work, investigated and interpreted the data, and performed the formal analysis

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2025 Severe infection incidence among young infants in Dhaka, Bangladesh: an observational cohort study

BMJ Public Health

Co-author | Formal analysis and validation

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2025 Neonatal administration of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum ATCC 202195 with or without fructooligosaccharide in Bangladesh: a placebo-controlled randomized trial

mSphere

Co-author | Formal analysis and validation

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2024 Height-age as an alternative to height-for-age z-scores to assess the effect of interventions on child linear growth in low- and middle-income countries

Current Developments in Nutrition

Co-author | Designed the research and analyzed data

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2021 Dual trajectories of loneliness and depression and their baseline correlates over a 14-year follow-up period in older adults: Results from a nationally representative sample in Taiwan

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Corresponding Author | Led the team, designed the research, prepared, processed and wrangled data, developed the analysis plan, conducted analyses, interpreted results, and wrote the manuscript

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2020 Treating toxic epidermal necrolysis with systemic immunomodulating therapies: A systematic review and network meta-analysis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Co-author | Extracted study data and assessed the methodological quality of included studies

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2019 A longitudinal, cross-lagged panel analysis of loneliness and depression among community-based older adults

Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect

Co–first Author | Designed the research, prepared, processed and wrangled data, developed the analysis plan, conducted analyses, interpreted results, and wrote the manuscript

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2019 Walking is more effective than yoga at reducing sleep disturbance in cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Co-author | Conducted analyses, including random effects modeling, subgroup analyses, meta-regression, and sensitivity analyses

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2017 Dual trajectories of breakfast eating and fruit and vegetable intake over a 5-year follow-up period among economically disadvantaged children: Gender differences

Appetite

First Author | Designed the research, prepared, processed and wrangled data, developed the analysis plan, conducted analyses, interpreted results, and wrote the manuscript

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2017 Multiple dietary behavior trajectories among economically disadvantaged children: An example of breakfast, fruits and vegetables, and snacks and beverages

Taiwan Journal of Public Health

Corresponding Author | Designed the research, prepared, processed and wrangled data, developed the analysis plan, conducted analyses, interpreted results, and wrote the manuscript

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2017 Exploring individual, family, and extrafamilial factors associated with depression among elderly residents of care settings

The International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Corresponding Author | Designed the research, prepared, processed and wrangled data, developed the analysis plan, conducted analyses, interpreted results, and wrote the manuscript

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2014 The effects of social structure and social capital on changes in smoking status from 8th to 9th grade: Results of the Child and Adolescent Behaviors in Long-term Evolution (CABLE) study

Preventive Medicine

First Author | Designed the research, processed and wrangled data, developed the analysis plan, conducted analyses, interpreted results, and wrote the manuscript

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2014 Protective umbrella or double-edged sword? The impact of social capital on multiple substance abuse

Formosa Journal of Mental Health

Corresponding Author | Designed the research, conducted a systematic literature review, organized findings, and wrote the manuscript

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2011 Peter Conrad’s The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders

Taiwan Journal of Anthropology

Sole Author | Reviewed the book and wrote the critique