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Sandro Galea
Researcher at Boston University
Publications - 1221
Citations - 70071
Sandro Galea is an academic researcher from Boston University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 115, co-authored 1129 publications receiving 58396 citations. Previous affiliations of Sandro Galea include University of California, Berkeley & Dartmouth College.
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Alcohol control policies and alcohol consumption: an international comparison of 167 countries.
TL;DR: ACPI offers a measure of alcohol control policy across countries that makes use of a larger number of countries than its predecessors, as well as a wider range of methodologies for its calculation, both of which contribute to its validity.
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Expanding the Universe of Universal Coverage: The Population Health Argument for Increasing Coverage for Immigrants
TL;DR: It is argued that access to health services is at the intersection of the health of uninsured immigrants and the general population and that extending access to healthcare to all residents of the US, including undocumented immigrants, is beneficial from a population health perspective.
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The relationship between perceived discrimination and high-risk social ties among illicit drug users in New York City, 2006-2009.
Natalie D. Crawford,Chandra L. Ford,Sandro Galea,Carl A. Latkin,Kandice C. Jones,Crystal M. Fuller +5 more
TL;DR: Future longitudinal studies illuminating the pathways linking discrimination and social network development may guide intervention development and identify drug-using subpopulations at high risk for disease transmission.
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Community context, acculturation, and low birth weight risk among Arab-Americans: Evidence from the Arab-American Birth Outcomes Study
TL;DR: Residence in areas with high Arab–American concentrations was associated with a lower LBW risk among AEM, and future work should directly measure acculturation, a plausible mediator of this observed relation.