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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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Variant in RGS2 Moderates Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms following Potentially Traumatic Event Exposure
Ananda B. Amstadter,Karestan C. Koenen,Kenneth J. Ruggiero,Ron Acierno,Sandro Galea,Dean G. Kilpatrick,Joel Gelernter +6 more
TL;DR: RGS2 rs4606 modifies risk of postdisaster and lifetime PTSD symptoms under conditions of high stressor exposure and gene by environment interactions remained significant after adjustment for sex, ancestry, and age.
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Was there unmet mental health need after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks?
Jennifer Stuber,Jennifer Stuber,Sandro Galea,Sandro Galea,Joseph A. Boscarino,Mark Schlesinger +5 more
TL;DR: There was potential unmet mental health need in New York City 6 months after the September 11 attacks on the WTC, but these findings should be tempered by research showing an apparent decrease in population-rates of PTSD.
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Availability of essential health services in post-conflict Liberia.
Margaret E Kruk,Peter C. Rockers,Elizabeth H Williams,S. Tornorlah Varpilah,Rose Macauley,Geetor Saydee,Sandro Galea +6 more
TL;DR: Although there has been progress in providing basic services, rural Liberians still have limited access to life-saving health care and the reasons for the disparities in the services available to the population are technical and political.
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The factor structure of major depression symptoms: A test of four competing models using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9
Jon D. Elhai,Ateka A. Contractor,Marijo Tamburrino,Thomas H. Fine,Marta R. Prescott,Edwin Shirley,Phillip K. Chan,Renee Slembarski,Israel Liberzon,Sandro Galea,Joseph R. Calabrese +10 more
TL;DR: The aim was to analyze the symptom structure of major depression, using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and found greater support for the two-factor models of depression than for the one-factor model.
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Updating the infection risk reduction hierarchy: Preventing transition into injection
TL;DR: Prevention of transition into injection drug use as an additional step to reduce risk for acquisition and transmission of blood-borne infections merits closer attention.