Intellectual and developmental disability and COVID-19 case-fatality trends: TriNetX analysis

MA Turk, SD Landes, MK Formica, KD Goss - Disability and health journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Despite possibly higher risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19 among people
with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), there has been limited reporting of …

COVID-19 outcomes among people with intellectual and developmental disability living in residential group homes in New York State

SD Landes, MA Turk, MK Formica, KE McDonald… - Disability and Health …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) may be at higher
risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19. Objective To describe COVID-19 outcomes among …

Smoking, alcohol consumption, and risk of systemic lupus erythematosus in the Black Women's Health Study.

MK Formica, JR Palmer, L Rosenberg… - The Journal of …, 2003 - jrheum.org
OBJECTIVE: Several case-control studies, mostly of prevalent disease, have suggested that
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is positively associated with cigarette smoking and …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between self-reported exposure to greenspace and human stress in Baltimore, MD

M Hazer, MK Formica, S Dieterlen, CP Morley - Landscape and urban …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cross-sectional methods were utilized to investigate if greenspace (GS) exposure predicts
stress, a known factor affecting health outcomes. Data included publicly accessible …

Academic public health and the firearm crisis: an agenda for action

CC Branas, A Flescher, MK Formica… - … journal of public …, 2017 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Firearms have been a prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States since
about the turn of the 20th century. Firearm deaths, including homicides, suicides, and …

Is lipstick associated with the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)?

J Wang, AB Kay, J Fletcher, MK Formica… - Clinical …, 2008 - Springer
Lipstick use has been hypothesized to be a risk factor of developing systemic lupus erythematosus
(SLE). The objective of this study was to investigate the association between lipstick …

An eye on disparities, health equity, and racism—the case of firearm injuries in urban youth in the United States and globally

MK Formica - Pediatric Clinics, 2021 - pediatric.theclinics.com
The morning of Saturday June 20th, 2020, 17-year-old Chariel Osoria attended his graduation
from Corcoran High School in Syracuse, NY. After spending time at a small graduation …

Alcohol consumption is not protective for systemic lupus erythematosus

J Wang, AB Kay, J Fletcher, MK Formica… - Annals of the …, 2009 - ard.bmj.com
Objective: Several studies have suggested that alcohol drinking is protective for the development
and progression of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, a protopathic bias …

Priorities in recovering from a lost generation of firearms research

…, A Flescher, MK Formica… - … journal of public …, 2018 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Firearm violence in the United States continues. What was once labeled an epidemic is now
better described as hyperendemic. Over the past 40 years, between 30 000 and 40 000 …

[HTML][HTML] Survey of US adults with spina bifida

…, PE Wilson, BE Dicianno, MK Formica… - Disability and health …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Spina Bifida (SB) is one of the most common birth defects and causes of permanent
disability in the United States (US), with approximately 3.5 cases per 10,000 live births. …