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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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Back and neck pain and psychopathology in rural sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from the Gilgel Gibe Growth and Development Study, Ethiopia.
TL;DR: In the first known study about the relation between psychopathologic symptomatology and BP and NP in a rural context in a developing country, the prevalence of BP andNP were comparable to published data in developed and developing countries.
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Gender differences in the long-term associations between posttraumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms: findings from the Detroit Neighborhood Health Study.
TL;DR: Whether PTSD and depression are distinct constructs in an epidemiologic sample is examined, as well as the directionality of the PTSD‐depression association across time is assessed.
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Heroin and Cocaine Dependence and the Risk of Accidental Non-Fatal Drug Overdose
Sandro Galea,Arijit Nandi,Phillip O. Coffin,Melissa Tracy,Melissa Tracy,Tinka Markham Piper,Danielle C. Ompad,David Vlahov +7 more
TL;DR: Observations suggest that overdose prevention interventions, perhaps even those specifically targeting opiate overdose, may be more efficiently directed at individuals exhibiting cocaine dependence.
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Alcohol use trajectories among adults in an urban area after a disaster: Evidence from a population-based cohort study
Magdalena Cerdá,Magdalena Cerdá,David Vlahov,David Vlahov,Melissa Tracy,Sandro Galea,Sandro Galea,Sandro Galea +7 more
TL;DR: While point-in-time mass traumatic events may matter in the short term, their contribution subsides over time and interventions to mitigate post-disaster stressors may have substantial benefit in reducing alcohol abuse in the medium- to long term.
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Civil unrest, COVID-19 stressors, anxiety, and depression in the acute phase of the pandemic: a population-based study in Hong Kong.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the joint associations of civil unrest and COVID-19 with probable anxiety and depression during the first half of 2020 in Hong Kong and found that persons with both stressors had higher prevalence.