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Heat Stress and Public Health : A Critical Review by SARI KOVATS, R, HAJAT, Shakoor

“…Heat is an environmental and occupational hazard. The prevention of deaths in the community caused by extreme high temperatures (heat waves) is now an issue of…”
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Climate Change, Crop Yields, and Undernutrition: Development of a Model to Quantify the Impact of Climate Scenarios on Child Undernutrition by Lloyd, Simon J., Kovats, R. Sari, Chalabi, Zaid

“…Background: Global climate change is anticipated to reduce future cereal yields and threaten food security, thus potentially increasing the risk of…”
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Hot weather and heat extremes: health risks by Ebi, Kristie L, Capon, Anthony, Berry, Peter, Broderick, Carolyn, de Dear, Richard, Havenith, George, Honda, Yasushi, Kovats, R Sari, Ma, Wei, Malik, Arunima, Morris, Nathan B, Nybo, Lars, Seneviratne, Sonia I, Vanos, Jennifer, Jay, Ollie

“…Hot ambient conditions and associated heat stress can increase mortality and morbidity, as well as increase adverse pregnancy outcomes and negatively affect…”
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Reducing the health effects of hot weather and heat extremes: from personal cooling strategies to green cities by Jay, Ollie, Capon, Anthony, Berry, Peter, Broderick, Carolyn, de Dear, Richard, Havenith, George, Honda, Yasushi, Kovats, R Sari, Ma, Wei, Malik, Arunima, Morris, Nathan B, Nybo, Lars, Seneviratne, Sonia I, Vanos, Jennifer, Ebi, Kristie L

“…Heat extremes (ie, heatwaves) already have a serious impact on human health, with ageing, poverty, and chronic illnesses as aggravating factors. As the global…”
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Effect of night-time temperatures on cause and age-specific mortality in London by Murage, Peninah, Hajat, Shakoor, Kovats, R. Sari

“…High ambient temperatures are associated with an acute increase in mortality risk. Although heat exposure during the night is anecdotally cited as being…”
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An Approach for Assessing Human Health Vulnerability and Public Health Interventions to Adapt to Climate Change by Ebi, Kristie L., R. Sari Kovats, Bettina Menne

“…Assessments of the potential human health impacts of climate change are needed to inform the development of adaptation strategies, policies, and measures to…”
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Relationship between daily suicide counts and temperature in England and Wales by Page, Lisa A., Hajat, Shakoor, Kovats, R. Sari

“…Seasonal fluctuation in suicide has been observed in many populations. High temperature may contribute to this, but the effect of short-term fluctuations in…”
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Temperature-related deaths in people with psychosis, dementia and substance misuse by Page, Lisa A., Hajat, Shakoor, Kovats, R. Sari, Howard, Louise M.

“…Climate change is expected to have significant effects on human health, partly through an increase in extreme events such as heatwaves. People with mental…”
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The Direct Impact of Climate Change on Regional Labor Productivity by Kjellstrom, Tord, Kovats, R. Sari, Lloyd, Simon J., Holt, Tom, Tol, Richard S. J.

“…Global climate change will increase outdoor and indoor heat loads, and may impair health and productivity for millions of working people. This study applies…”
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A Global-Level Model of the Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Child Stunting via Income and Food Price in 2030 by Lloyd, Simon J, Bangalore, Mook, Chalabi, Zaid, Kovats, R Sari, Hallegatte, Stèphane, Rozenberg, Julie, Valin, Hugo, Havlík, Petr

“…In 2016, 23% of children (155 million) aged [Formula: see text] were stunted. Global-level modeling has consistently found climate change impacts on food…”
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Heatwaves and public health in Europe by Kovats, R Sari, Kristie, L Ebi

“…Public health measures need to be implemented to prevent heat-related illness and mortality in the community and in institutions that care for elderly or…”
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International study of temperature, heat and urban mortality: the ‘ISOTHURM’ project by McMichael, Anthony J, Wilkinson, Paul, Kovats, R Sari, Pattenden, Sam, Hajat, Shakoor, Armstrong, Ben, Vajanapoom, Nitaya, Niciu, Emilia M, Mahomed, Hassan, Kingkeow, Chamnong, Kosnik, Mitja, O’Neill, Marie S, Romieu, Isabelle, Ramirez-Aguilar, Matiana, Barreto, Mauricio L, Gouveia, Nelson, Nikiforov, Bojidar

“…Background This study describes heat- and cold-related mortality in 12 urban populations in low- and middle-income countries, thereby extending knowledge of…”
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Global Health Impacts of Floods: Epidemiologic Evidence by Ahern, Mike, Kovats, R. Sari, Wilkinson, Paul, Few, Roger, Matthies, Franziska

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Effect of evacuation and displacement on the association between flooding and mental health outcomes: a cross-sectional analysis of UK survey data by Munro, Alice, Kovats, R Sari, Rubin, G James, Waite, Thomas David, Bone, Angie, Armstrong, Ben, Waite, Thomas David, Beck, Charles R, Bone, Angie, Amlôt, Richard, Kovats, R Sari, Armstrong, Ben, Leonardi, Giovanni, Rubin, G James, Oliver, Isabel

“…Extensive flooding occurred during the winter of 2013–14 in England. Previous studies have shown that flooding affects mental health. Using data from the…”
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Heat-related mortality risk model for climate change impact projection by Honda, Yasushi, Kondo, Masahide, McGregor, Glenn, Kim, Ho, Guo, Yue-Leon, Hijioka, Yasuaki, Yoshikawa, Minoru, Oka, Kazutaka, Takano, Saneyuki, Hales, Simon, Kovats, R Sari

“…We previously developed a model for projection of heat-related mortality attributable to climate change. The objective of this paper is to improve the fit and…”
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El Niño and health by Kovats, R Sari, Bouma, Menno J, Hajat, Shakoor, Worrall, Eve, Haines, Andy

“…El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a climate event that originates in the Pacific Ocean but has wide-ranging consequences for weather around the world, and…”
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Impacts of Climate Change on Indirect Human Exposure to Pathogens and Chemicals from Agriculture by Boxall, Alistair B. A., Hardy, Anthony, Beulke, Sabine, Boucard, Tatiana, Burgin, Laura, Falloon, Peter D., Haygarth, Philip M., Hutchinson, Thomas, Kovats, R. Sari, Leonardi, Giovanni, Levy, Leonard S., Nichols, Gordon, Parsons, Simon A., Potts, Laura, Stone, David, Topp, Edward, Turley, David B., Walsh, Kerry, Wellington, Elizabeth M. H., Williams, Richard J.

“…Objective: Climate change is likely to affect the nature of pathogens and chemicals in the environment and their fate and transport. Future risks of pathogens…”
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Ozone, heat and mortality: acute effects in 15 British conurbations by Pattenden, Sam, Armstrong, Ben, Milojevic, Ai, Heal, Mathew R, Chalabi, Zaid, Doherty, Ruth, Barratt, Ben, Kovats, R Sari, Wilkinson, Paul

“…BackgroundAcute associations between mortality and ozone are largely accepted, though recent evidence is less conclusive. Evidence on ozone–heat interaction is…”
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An ecological time-series study of heat-related mortality in three European cities by Ishigami, Ai, Hajat, Shakoor, Kovats, R Sari, Bisanti, Luigi, Rognoni, Magda, Russo, Antonio, Paldy, Anna

“…Europe has experienced warmer summers in the past two decades and there is a need to describe the determinants of heat-related mortality to better inform…”
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Vulnerability to winter mortality in elderly people in Britain: population based study by Wilkinson, Paul, Pattenden, Sam, Armstrong, Ben, Fletcher, Astrid, Kovats, R Sari, Mangtani, Punam, McMichael, Anthony J

“…Abstract Objective To examine the determinants of vulnerability to winter mortality in elderly British people. Design Population based cohort study (119 389…”
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