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Galatea King
Researcher at California Department of Public Health
Publications - 13
Citations - 850
Galatea King is an academic researcher from California Department of Public Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Air quality index & Community engagement. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 13 publications receiving 698 citations.
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The 2006 California Heat Wave: Impacts on Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits
Kim Knowlton,Miriam Rotkin-Ellman,Galatea King,Helene G. Margolis,Helene G. Margolis,Daniel Smith,Gina Solomon,Gina Solomon,Roger B. Trent,Paul English +9 more
TL;DR: The 2006 California heat wave had a substantial effect on morbidity, including regions with relatively modest temperatures, which suggests that population acclimatization and adaptive capacity influenced risk.
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The Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Network: A Model for Community-based Environmental Monitoring for Public Health Action
Paul English,Luis Olmedo,Ester Bejarano,Humberto Lugo,Eduardo Murillo,Edmund Seto,Michelle Wong,Galatea King,Alexa Wilkie,Dan Meltzer,Graeme Carvlin,Michael Jerrett,Amanda Northcross +12 more
TL;DR: The Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Network is a collaborative group of community, academic, nongovernmental, and government partners designed to fill the need for more detailed data on particulate matter in an area that often exceeds air quality standards.
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Development and Field Validation of a Community-Engaged Particulate Matter Air Quality Monitoring Network in Imperial, CA.
Graeme Carvlin,Humberto Lugo,Luis Olmedo,Ester Bejarano,Alexa Wilkie,Dan Meltzer,Michelle Wong,Galatea King,Amanda Northcross,Michael Jerrett,Paul English,Donald Hammond,Edmund Seto +12 more
TL;DR: A methodology for quantifying the performance of a next-generation Dylos PM sensor used in the Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Network provides data at a much finer spatial and temporal resolution than has previously been possible with government monitoring efforts.
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Assessing Child Lead Poisoning Case Ascertainment in the US, 1999-2010.
TL;DR: Undertesting of blood lead levels by pediatric care providers appears to be endemic in many states, with the greatest numbers based on prevalence estimates occurred in the South.
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Combining Community Engagement and Scientific Approaches in Next-Generation Monitor Siting: The Case of the Imperial County Community Air Network.
Michelle Wong,Esther Bejarano,Graeme Carvlin,Katie Fellows,Galatea King,Humberto Lugo,Michael Jerrett,Dan Meltzer,Amanda Northcross,Luis Olmedo,Edmund Seto,Alexa Wilkie,Paul English +12 more
TL;DR: A collaborative, community-engaged process is used to develop a community air monitoring network that attains the scientific rigor required for research, while also achieving community priorities.