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ArticlePLoS medicine2018

Climate change and health: Moving from theory to practice.

Jonathan A Patz, Madeleine C Thomson

Abstract readEditorial
In one paragraph

Article in PLoS medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
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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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Prioritising Climate Change Mitigation Behaviours and Exploring Public Health Co-Benefits: A Delphi Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  5. Public Health Aspects of Climate Change Adaptation in Three Cities: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  8. Community of practice: an effective mechanism to strengthen capacity in climate change and health.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2020
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  9. Canada needs a "Health in All Policies" action plan now.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2020
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  10. Climate change, taxes and health: getting government back to work on its most urgent business.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2019
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  12. Mapping the Solastalgia Literature: A Scoping Review Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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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

2 authors.

Jonathan A PatzGlobal Health Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-7131-9698
Madeleine C ThomsonInternational Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Columbia University, Palisades, New York, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-3564-6421

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In an Editorial discussing the Special Issue on Climate Change and Health, guest editors Jonathan Patz and Madeleine Thompson summarize key issues in the field and describe the significance of research studies included in the issue.

Indexed as

Climate ChangeGlobal HealthHealth StatusEnvironmental MonitoringHealth Status IndicatorsHumansRisk AssessmentRisk Factors

Identifiers

PMID30063707
PMCPMC6067696

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Registered trials

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