ReviewPreventive medicine2015
Climate change, human health, and epidemiological transition.
Review in Preventive medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
47 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Deciphering the epidemiological dynamics:Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Associations between Energy Use, Fuel Poverty, Energy Efficiency Improvements and Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- The effect and attributable risk of daily temperature on category C infectious diarrhea in Guangdong Province, China.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Pooled it
- Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Diseases in Morocco: A Systematic Review.The review of diabetic studies : RDS · 2021Pooled it
- Climate change, 24-hour movement behaviors, and health: a mini umbrella review.Global health research and policy · 2021Pooled it
- Telemedicine as a "digital umbilical" for maternal and reproductive healthcare: a qualitative study from health and wellness centers in rural West Bengal, India.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Adapting and mitigating: an exploratory Delphi approach to climate change impacts on healthcare institutions in Switzerland.Dialogues in health · 2026Article
- Framing the Convergence of One Health and Digital Health in the Global South With a Gender-Sensitive Foresight Perspective: Delphi Study Using Latent Semantic Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Epidemiological Transition in Health Risks and Disease Burden Among Women of Childbearing Age in East Asia and the Pacific, 1990-2023.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- Kidney organoids as a novel platform to evaluate heat-stress-induced acute kidney injury pathogenesis.Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2026Article
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- Ageing Trajectories: Exposome-Driven Pathobiological Mechanisms and Implications for Prevention from Blue Zones and Italian Longevity Hotspots Such as Cilento and Sicilian Mountain Villages.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Eco-conscious healthcare: merging clinical efficacy with sustainability.European heart journal. Digital health · 2025Article
- Identification of plant-based spilled oils using direct analysis in real-time-time-of-flight mass spectrometry with hydrophobic paper sampling.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2025Article
- Role of environmental pollutants-induced ferroptosis in pulmonary diseases.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Assessing the impact of climate-induced biodiversity loss on respiratory health through text classification.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Misinformation About Climate Change and Related Environmental Events on Social Media: Protocol for a Scoping Review.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Assessing the modification impact of vaccination on the relationship of the Discomfort Index with hand, foot, and mouth disease in Guizhou: A multicounty study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Climate-sensitive health counselling in Germany: a cross-sectional study about previous participation and preferences in the general public.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Climate Change Perception and Mental Health. Results from a Systematic Review of the Literature.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024Review
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Abstract
The health of populations depends on the availability of clean air, water, food, and sanitation, exposure to pathogens, toxins and environmental hazards, and numerous genetic, behavioral and social factors. For many thousands of years, human life expectancy was low, and population growth was slow. The development of technology-based civilizations facilitated what Abdel Omran called "epidemiological transition," with increasing life expectancy and rapid population growth. To a large extent, the spectacular growth of human populations during the past two centuries was made possible by the energy extracted from fossil fuels. We have now learned, however, that greenhouse gases from fossil fuel combustion are warming the planet's surface, causing changes in oceanic and atmospheric systems, and disrupting weather and hydrological patterns. Climate change poses unprecedented threats to human health by impacts on food and water security, heat waves and droughts, violent storms, infectious disease, and rising sea levels. Whether or not humanity can reduce greenhouse gas emissions quickly enough to slow climate change to a rate that will allow societies to successfully adapt is not yet known. This essay reviews the current state of relevant knowledge, and points in a few directions that those interested in human health may wish to consider.
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