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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018

Understanding Weather and Hospital Admissions Patterns to Inform Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in the Healthcare Sector in Uganda.

Katherine E Bishop-Williams, Lea Berrang-Ford, Jan M Sargeant, David L Pearl, Shuaib Lwasa, Didacus Bambaiha Namanya, Victoria L Edge, Ashlee Cunsolo, IHACC Research Team, Bwindi Community Hospital and 4 more

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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 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  10. Climate change and emergency care in Africa: A scoping review.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Katherine E Bishop-WilliamsDepartment of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada. kbishop@uoguelph.ca.
Lea Berrang-FordIndigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change Research Team: Cesar Carcamo, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada. l.berrangford@leeds.ac.uk.
Jan M SargeantDepartment of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada. sargeanj@uoguelph.ca.
David L PearlDepartment of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada. dpearl@uoguelph.ca.
Shuaib LwasaIndigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change Research Team: Cesar Carcamo, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada. shuaiblwasa@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-4312-2836
Didacus Bambaiha NamanyaIndigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change Research Team: Cesar Carcamo, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada. didas.namanya@health.go.ug.
Victoria L EdgeDepartment of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada. victoria.edge@canada.ca.
Ashlee CunsoloLabrador Institute, Memorial University, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL A0P 1E0, Canada. ashlee.cunsolo@mun.ca.
IHACC Research TeamIndigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change Research Team: Cesar Carcamo, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada. carlee@uoguelph.ca.
Bwindi Community HospitalBwindi Community Hospital, Kanungu District 2JJ8+GP, Uganda. patomsbwindihospital@gmail.com.
Yi HuangDepartment of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada. yi.huang@mcgill.ca.
James FordIndigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change Research Team: Cesar Carcamo, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada. j.ford2@leeds.ac.uk.
Patricia GarciaIndigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change Research Team: Cesar Carcamo, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada. patricia.garcia@upch.pe.
Sherilee L HarperDepartment of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada. sherilee.harper@ualberta.ca.ORCID 0000-0001-7298-8765

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Climate ChangeHealth Services Needs and DemandWeatherAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildChild, PreschoolDisaster PlanningFemaleHospitalizationHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleclimate changeclimate change adaptationhospital admissionshospital planningmeteorological parametersprecipitationseasonSouthwestern Ugandatemperatureweather

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PMID30380686
PMCPMC6265697

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