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Early Warnings: The Lessons of COVID-19 for Public Health Climate Preparedness by Sheehan, Mary C., Fox, Mary A.

“…The early 2020 response to COVID-19 revealed major gaps in public health systems around the world as many were overwhelmed by a quickly-spreading new…”
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Global methylmercury exposure from seafood consumption and risk of developmental neurotoxicity: a systematic review by SHEEHAN, Mary C, BURKE, Thomas A, NAVAS-ACIEN, Ana, BREYSSE, Patrick N, MCGREADY, John, FOX, Mary A

“…To examine biomarkers of methylmercury (MeHg) intake in women and infants from seafood-consuming populations globally and characterize the comparative risk of…”
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2021 Climate and Health Review – Uncharted Territory: Extreme Weather Events and Morbidity by Sheehan, Mary C.

“…Extreme weather events (EWEs) affected health in every world region during 2021, placing the planet in “uncharted territory.” Portraying the human impacts of…”
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Urban agrobiodiversity, health and city climate adaptation plans by Sheehan, Mary C

“…To identify the scope and nature of agricultural biodiversity actions within the climate adaptation plans of a sample of large world cities. I evaluated data…”
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Climate Change and Human Well-Being in the 2020s: Lessons From 2020 by Sheehan, Mary C.

“…Behind the coronavirus headlines the year 2020 set multiple extreme weather records, including unprecedented wildfires in Australia and California, massive…”
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Integrating Health into Local Climate Response: Lessons from the U.S. CDC Climate-Ready States and Cities Initiative by Sheehan, Mary C, Fox, Mary A, Kaye, Charlotte, Resnick, Beth

“…Public health has potential to serve as a frame to convey the urgency of behavior change needed to adapt to a changing climate and reduce greenhouse gas…”
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Piloting a city health adaptation typology with data from climate-engaged cities: Toward identification of an urban health adaptation gap by Sheehan, Mary C., Freire, Mila, Martinez, Gerardo Sanchez

“…Climate change has important population health impacts, and cities are often on the frontlines. However, health is reported to be less active in climate…”
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Association of markers of chronic viral hepatitis and blood mercury levels in US reproductive-age women from NHANES 2001-2008: a cross-sectional study by Sheehan, Mary C, Burke, Thomas A, Breysse, Patrick N, Navas-Acien, Ana, McGready, John, Fox, Mary A

“…Methylmercury (MeHg) is a neurotoxin primarily found in seafood; exposures in reproductive-age women are of concern due to vulnerability of the developing…”
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An Adolescent Injury Intervention: Selecting Targeted Behaviours with Implications for Program Design and Evaluation by Buckley, Lisa D, Sheehan, Mary C

“…Objectives: This paper sought to identify the behaviour change targets for an injury prevention program; Skills for Preventing Injury in Youth (SPIY). The aim…”
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Extreme Weather-driven Disasters and Children’s Health by Garcia, Daniel Martinez, Sheehan, Mary C.

“…Extreme weather events such as heat waves, extreme precipitation, and storm surges are likely to become more frequent and intense with climate change. Extreme…”
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Ambient air pollution epidemiology systematic review and meta-analysis: A review of reporting and methods practice by Sheehan, Mary C., Lam, Juleen, Navas-Acien, Ana, Chang, Howard H.

“…Systematic review and meta-analysis (SRMA) are increasingly employed in environmental health (EH) epidemiology and, provided methods and reporting are sound,…”
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The impact of changes to the NSW graduated driver licensing system on subsequent crash and offense experience by Siskind, Victor, Faulks, Ian J., Sheehan, Mary C.

“…Introduction: In mid-2007 the State of New South Wales (NSW) in Australia introduced modifications to the existing graduated driver licensing system,…”
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The impact of school connectedness on violent behavior, transport risk-taking behavior, and associated injuries in adolescence by Chapman, Rebekah L., Buckley, Lisa, Sheehan, Mary C., Shochet, Ian M., Romaniuk, Madeline

“…Adolescents engage in many risk-taking behaviors that have the potential to lead to injury. The school environment has a significant role in shaping adolescent…”
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Use of Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in Environmental Health Epidemiology: a Systematic Review and Comparison with Guidelines by Sheehan, Mary C., Lam, Juleen

“…Systematic review (SR) and meta-analysis (MA) have potential to contribute substantially to environmental health (EH) risk assessment and policy-making,…”
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Urban climate-health governance: Charting the role of public health in large global city adaptation plans by Sheehan, Mary C., Khudairi, Fay, Swaich, Gurtejandeep S., Hines, William, Mehta, Shivani, Fox, Mary A.

“…Over the last decade many large world cities have scaled up efforts at climate adaptation, a primary focus of which is protecting population health. With…”
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In Their Own Words: Adolescents Strategies to Prevent Friend’s Risk Taking by Buckley, Lisa, Chapman, Rebekah L., Sheehan, Mary C., Reveruzzi, Bianca N.

“…Injury is a significant public health problem among youth. A primary cause of adolescent injury is risk-taking behavior, including alcohol use, interpersonal…”
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Risk Assessment Approach for Policy Evaluation: New Jersey Case Studies by Fox, Mary A., Sheehan, Mary C., Burke, Thomas A.

“…Monitoring environmental policy progress often focuses on contaminant concentrations while policy goals address health. To bridge this gap, we developed policy…”
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The use of AUDIT as a screening tool for alcohol use in the police work-place by DAVEY, JEREMY D., OBST, PATRICIA L., SHEEHAN, MARY C.

“…There has been little research examining the use of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) as a work-place screening tool. In the current study…”
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Urban agrobiodiversity, health and city climate adaptation plans/Agrobiodiversite urbaine, sante et plans d'adaptation au climat des villes/Agrobiodiversidad urbana, salud y planes de adaptacion al clima en las ciudades by Sheehan, Mary C

“…Objective To identify the scope and nature of agricultural biodiversity actions within the climate adaptation plans of a sample of large world cities. Methods…”
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Demographic and workplace characteristics which add to the prediction of stress and job satisfaction within the police workplace by Davey, Jeremy D., Obst, Patricia L., Sheehan, Mary C.

“…Much research has been conducted into aspects of the polic workplace that contribute to stress for individual officers. The current paper examines the…”
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