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ReviewJournal of environmental health science & engineering2020

Climate change and health in Iran: a narrative review.

Arefeh Mousavi, Ali Ardalan, Amirhossein Takian, Abbas Ostadtaghizadeh, Kazem Naddafi, Alireza Massah Bavani

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Review in Journal of environmental health science & engineering, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Stakeholder analysis in climate change health adaptation in Iran: social network analysis.Journal of environmental health science & engineering · 2025
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  14. The Contribution of Environmental Science to Mental Health Research: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Arefeh Mousavi1Department of Disaster and Emergency Health, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ali Ardalan1Department of Disaster and Emergency Health, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Amirhossein Takian2Department of Global Health & Public Policy, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abbas Ostadtaghizadeh1Department of Disaster and Emergency Health, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Kazem Naddafi5Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Alireza Massah Bavani6Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, College of Abureyhan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe consequences of climate change are highly impeding the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) anywhere, especially in low and middle-income countries. While climate change scales up, its health-related risks increase, which in turn leads to cause new challenges for public health. As a second largest country of the Eastern Mediterranean Region of World Health Organization, Iran is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. PURPOSE: This study seeks the notion of health risks and challenges of climate change in Iran and provide potential evidence-based remedies to prevent and diminish such destructive effects.

methodsA comprehensive literature in various computerized databases was conducted, and numerous published original research and review articles about climate change status and evidences of adverse health consequences of climate change in Iran were reviewed.

resultsThe evidence suggests that the expected health challenges related to climate change in Iran are: rising temperatures; frequent extreme weather events; reduction of air quality; food-borne, water-borne, and vector-borne diseases; mental health and well-being consequences; and the increasing trend of natural disasters and deaths associated with climatological hazards.

conclusionsBy considering the growing burden of diseases associated with climate variability in Iran as well as the interdisciplinary nature of climate change and health issues, an integrated, multi-sectoral, and comprehensive approach for identification, prioritization, and implementation of adaptation options is required by Ministry of Health and Medical Education as a custodian of public health in order to enhance the resiliency and adaption against adverse health effects of climate change.

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Climate changeCommunicable diseasesFood safetyFood securityNon-communicable diseasesVector-borne diseasesWaterborne diseases

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PMID32399247
PMCPMC7203306

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