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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018

Association between Ambient Temperatures and Mental Disorder Hospitalizations in a Subtropical City: A Time-Series Study of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Emily Y Y Chan, Holly C Y Lam, Suzanne H W So, William B Goggins, Janice Y Ho, Sida Liu, Phoebe P W Chung

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

2 · The registry

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 101 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Impacts of extreme temperatures on mood disorders: A systematic review.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025
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  4. A Systematic Literature Review of the Impact of Climate Change on the Global Demand for Psychiatric Services.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  11. The correlation between high temperature and cognitive function: a CHARLS 2018 cross-sectional study.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.

Emily Y Y ChanThe Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China. emily.chan@cuhk.edu.hk.
Holly C Y LamThe Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China. hollylam@cuhk.edu.hk.
Suzanne H W SoDepartment of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
William B GogginsThe Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China. wgoggins@cuhk.edu.hk.
Janice Y HoThe Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China. janice.ho@link.cuhk.edu.hk.
Sida LiuThe Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China. kevin.liu@cuhk.edu.hk.
Phoebe P W ChungThe Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China. phoebechung@cuhk.edu.hk.ORCID 0000-0002-2500-912X
Chinese University of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildFemaleHong KongHospitalizationHot TemperatureHumansMaleMental DisordersMiddle AgedNonlinear DynamicsRisk FactorsUrban Healthhospitalizationmental disorders (MD)subtropical citytemperaturetime-series

Identifiers

PMID29662001
PMCPMC5923796
OpenAlexW2797464047

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Registered trials

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