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Please find a selection of articles on Climate Change and Health from PubMed. The list has three access catagories, there is a guide to these directly below.

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Weaver HJ, Blashki GA, Capon AG, McMichael AJ. Climate change and Australia's healthcare system - risks, research and responses. Aust Health Rev. 2010 Nov;34(4):441-4. doi: 10.1071/AH09829. PubMed PMID: 21108905.

McMichael AJ. Globalization, climate change, and human health. N Engl J Med. 2013 Apr 4;368(14):1335-43. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1109341. PubMed PMID: 23550671.

Watts N, Adger WN, Agnolucci P, Blackstock J, Byass P, Cai W, Chaytor S, Colbourn T, Collins M, Cooper A, Cox PM, Depledge J, Drummond P, Ekins P, Galaz V, Grace D, Graham H, Grubb M, Haines A, Hamilton I, Hunter A, Jiang X, Li M, Kelman I, Liang L, Lott M, Lowe R, Luo Y, Mace G, Maslin M, Nilsson M, Oreszczyn T, Pye S, Quinn T, Svensdotter M, Venevsky S, Warner K, Xu B, Yang J, Yin Y, Yu C, Zhang Q, Gong P, Montgomery H, Costello A. Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health. Lancet. 2015 Nov 7;386(10006):1861-914. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60854-6. Epub 2015 Jun 25. Review. PubMed PMID: 26111439.

Hajat S, O'Connor M, Kosatsky T. Health effects of hot weather: from awareness of risk factors to effective health protection. Lancet. 2010 Mar 6;375(9717):856-63. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61711-6. Epub 2010 Feb 12. Review. PubMed PMID: 20153519.

Pendrey CG, Carey M, Stanley J. Impacts of extreme weather on the health and well-being of people who are homeless. Aust J Prim Health. 2014;20(1):2-3. doi: 10.1071/PY13136. PubMed PMID: 24290233.

Xu Z, Sheffield PE, Su H, Wang X, Bi Y, Tong S. The impact of heat waves on children's health: a systematic review. Int J Biometeorol. 2014 Mar;58(2):239-47. doi: 10.1007/s00484-013-0655-x. Epub 2013 Mar 23. Review. PubMed PMID: 23525899.

Costello A, Abbas M, Allen A, Ball S, Bell S, Bellamy R, Friel S, Groce N, Johnson A, Kett M, Lee M, Levy C, Maslin M, McCoy D, McGuire B, Montgomery H, Napier D, Pagel C, Patel J, de Oliveira JA, Redclift N, Rees H, Rogger D, Scott J, Stephenson J, Twigg J, Wolff J, Patterson C. Managing the health effects of climate change: Lancet and University College London Institute for Global Health Commission. Lancet. 2009 May 16;373(9676):1693-733. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60935-1. Erratum in: Lancet. 2009 Jun 27;373(9682):2200. PubMed PMID: 19447250.

Stephenson J, Crane SF, Levy C, Maslin M. Population, development, and climate change: links and effects on human health. Lancet. 2013 Nov 16;382(9905):1665-73. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61460-9. Epub 2013 Jul 11. Review. PubMed PMID: 23849794.

Purcell R, McGirr J. Preparing rural general practitioners and health services for climate change and extreme weather. Aust J Rural Health. 2014 Feb;22(1):8-14. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12075. PubMed PMID: 24460994.

Matthies F, Menne B. Prevention and management of health hazards related to heatwaves. Int J Circumpolar Health. 2009 Feb;68(1):8-22. Review. PubMed PMID: 19331238.

Haworth EA. The role of public health in climate change and sustainability: what should the Australian public health response be? Aust N Z J Public Health. 2014 Aug;38(4):311-3. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12255. Review. PubMed PMID: 25091071.

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Gupta V, Mason-Sharma A, Caty SN, Kerry V. Adapting global health aid in the face of climate change. Lancet Glob Health. 2017 Feb;5(2):e133-e134. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30002-5. PubMed PMID: 28104175.

Schulte PA, Bhattacharya A, Butler CR, Chun HK, Jacklitsch B, Jacobs T, Kiefer M, Lincoln J, Pendergrass S, Shire J, Watson J, Wagner GR. Advancing the framework for considering the effects of climate change on worker safety and health. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2016 Nov;13(11):847-65. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2016.1179388. PubMed PMID: 27115294; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5017900.

Lodge A. Anthropogenic climate change is here: Family physicians must respond to the crisis. Can Fam Physician. 2015 Jul;61(7):582-3, e293-4. English, French. PubMed PMID: 26175362; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4501595.

Johnston FH. Bushfires and human health in a changing environment. Aust Fam Physician. 2009 Sep;38(9):720-4. PubMed PMID: 19893802.

Rice MB, Thurston GD, Balmes JR, Pinkerton KE. Climate change. A global threat to cardiopulmonary health. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Mar 1;189(5):512-9. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201310-1924PP. Review. PubMed PMID: 24400619; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3977715.

Semenza, Jan. (Ed.) Climate change and human health -- special issue International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2016.

Blashki G, Butler CD, Brown S. Climate change and human health -- What can GPs do? Aust Fam Physician. 2006 Nov;35(11):909-11. PubMed PMID: 17099814.

Hopkinson NS, Hart N, Jenkins G, Kaminski N, Rosenfeld M, Smyth A, Wilkinson A. Climate change and lung health: the challenge for a new president. Thorax. 2017 Jan 19. pii: thoraxjnl-2017-209978. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-209978. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28104829.

Blashki G, McMichael T, Karoly DJ. Climate change and primary health care. Aust Fam Physician. 2007 Dec;36(12):986-9. Review. PubMed PMID: 18075618.

Abelsohn A, Rachlis V, Vakil C. Climate change: should family physicians and family medicine organizations pay attention? Can Fam Physician. 2013 May;59(5):462-6. PubMed PMID: 23673578; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3653645.

Morrison L. Climate change... what can we do? Br J Gen Pract. 2008 Apr;58(549):290. doi: 10.3399/bjgp08X280056. PubMed PMID: 18387251; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2277135.

Nilsson M, Evengård B, Sauerborn R, Byass P. Connecting the global climate change and public health agendas. PLoS Med. 2012;9(6):e1001227. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001227. Epub 2012 Jun 5. Review. PubMed PMID: 22679395; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3367993.

Kreslake JM, Price KM, Sarfaty M. Developing effective communication materials on the health effects of climate change for vulnerable groups: a mixed methods study. BMC Public Health. 2016 Sep 7;16:946. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3546-3. PubMed PMID: 27604549; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5015239.

Sartore GM, Kelly B, Stain HJ. Drought and its effect on mental health--how GPs can help. Aust Fam Physician. 2007 Dec;36(12):990-3. Review. PubMed PMID: 18075619.

Rosenblatt RA. Ecological change and the future of the human species: can physicians make a difference? Ann Fam Med. 2005 Mar-Apr;3(2):173-6. PubMed PMID: 15798046; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1466851.

Bouzid M, Hooper L, Hunter PR. The effectiveness of public health interventions to reduce the health impact of climate change: a systematic review of systematic reviews. PLoS One. 2013 Apr 25;8(4):e62041. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062041. Print 2013. Review. PubMed PMID: 23634220; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3636259.

Blashki G, Abelsohn A, Woollard R, Arya N, Parkes MW, Kendal P, Bell E, Bell RW. General Practitioners' responses to global climate change - lessons from clinical experience and the clinical method. Asia Pac Fam Med. 2012 Aug 8;11(1):6. doi: 10.1186/1447-056X-11-6. PubMed PMID: 22873633; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3469365.

Sheffield PE, Landrigan PJ. Global climate change and children's health: threats and strategies for prevention. Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Mar;119(3):291-8. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1002233. Epub 2010 Oct 14. Review. PubMed PMID: 20947468; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3059989.

Diaz JH. Global climate changes, natural disasters, and travel health risks. J Travel Med. 2006 Nov-Dec;13(6):361-72. Review. PubMed PMID: 17107430.

Rossati A. Global Warming and Its Health Impact. Int J Occup Environ Med. 2017 Jan;8(1):7-20. PubMed PMID: 28051192.

Global warming and your health. Am Fam Physician. 2011 Aug 1;84(3):282-3. PubMed PMID: 21842774.

Blashki G. GPs and the environment. Aust Fam Physician. 2007 Dec;36(12):981. PubMed PMID: 18075616.

Cheng JJ, Berry P. Health co-benefits and risks of public health adaptation strategies to climate change: a review of current literature. Int J Public Health. 2013 Apr;58(2):305-11. doi: 10.1007/s00038-012-0422-5. Epub 2012 Oct 31. Review. PubMed PMID: 23111371; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3607711.

Stanke C, Kerac M, Prudhomme C, Medlock J, Murray V. Health effects of drought: a systematic review of the evidence. PLoS Curr. 2013 Jun 5;5. pii: ecurrents.dis.7a2cee9e980f91ad7697b570bcc4b004. doi: 10.1371/currents.dis.7a2cee9e980f91ad7697b570bcc4b004. PubMed PMID: 23787891; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3682759.

Sankoff J. Heat illnesses: a hot topic in the setting of global climate change. Aust Fam Physician. 2015 Jan-Feb;44(1-2):22-6. PubMed PMID: 25688955.

Grasso M, Manera M, Chiabai A, Markandya A. The health effects of climate change: a survey of recent quantitative research. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2012 May;9(5):1523-47. doi: 10.3390/ijerph9051523. Epub 2012 Apr 25. Review. PubMed PMID: 22754455; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3386570.

Wilson L, Black D, Veitch C. Heatwaves and the elderly - The role of the GP in reducing morbidity. Aust Fam Physician. 2011 Aug;40(8):637-40. Review. PubMed PMID: 21814665.

Kenney WL, Craighead DH, Alexander LM. Heat waves, aging, and human cardiovascular health. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2014 Oct;46(10):1891-9. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000325. Review. PubMed PMID: 24598696; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4155032

McMichael C, Barnett J, McMichael AJ. An ill wind? Climate change, migration, and health. Environ Health Perspect. 2012 May;120(5):646-54. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1104375. Epub 2012 Jan 20. Review. PubMed PMID: 22266739; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3346786.

Lapaige V, Essiembre H. Innoversity in knowledge-for-action and adaptation to climate change: the first steps of an 'evidence-based climatic health'transfrontier training program. Adv Med Educ Pract. 2010 Dec 21;1:89-105. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S14027. Print 2010. PubMed PMID: 23745068; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3643138.

Hess JJ, McDowell JZ, Luber G. Integrating climate change adaptation into public health practice: using adaptive management to increase adaptive capacity and build resilience. Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Feb;120(2):171-9. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1103515. Epub 2011 Oct 13. Review. PubMed PMID: 21997387; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3279431.

Padhy SK, Sarkar S, Panigrahi M, Paul S. Mental health effects of climate change. Indian J Occup Environ Med. 2015 Jan-Apr;19(1):3-7. doi: 10.4103/0019-5278.156997. Review. PubMed PMID: 26023264; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4446935.

Perera FP. Multiple Threats to Child Health from Fossil Fuel Combustion:Impacts of Air Pollution and Climate Change. Environ Health Perspect. 2017 Feb;125(2):141-148. doi: 10.1289/EHP299. PubMed PMID: 27323709; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5289912.

Mehta A. Physicians' contribution to climate change. CMAJ. 2009 May 26;180(11):1176. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.090769. Review. PubMed PMID: 19468132; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2683238.

Sarfaty M, Abouzaid S. The physician's response to climate change. Fam Med. 2009 May;41(5):358-63. PubMed PMID: 19418286.

Gould RM. The physician's role in efforts to slow global warming. Am Fam Physician. 2011 Aug 1;84(3):256-7. PubMed PMID: 21842770.

Green EI, Blashki G, Berry HL, Harley D, Horton G, Hall G. Preparing Australian medical students for climate change. Aust Fam Physician. 2009 Sep;38(9):726-9. PubMed PMID: 19893803.

Hambling T, Weinstein P, Slaney D. A review of frameworks for developingenvironmental health indicators for climate change and health. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2011 Jul;8(7):2854-75. doi: 10.3390/ijerph8072854. Epub 2011 Jul 13. Review. PubMed PMID: 21845162; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3155333.

McCoy D, Hoskins B. The science of anthropogenic climate change: what every doctor should know. BMJ. 2014 Sep 9;349:g5178. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g5178. Erratum in: BMJ. 2014;349:g6005. PubMed PMID: 25205584.

Parker CL. Slowing global warming: benefits for patients and the planet. Am Fam Physician. 2011 Aug 1;84(3):271-8. PubMed PMID: 21842773.

Hansen A, Bi L, Saniotis A, Nitschke M. Vulnerability to extreme heat and climate change: is ethnicity a factor? Glob Health Action. 2013 Jul 29;6:21364. doi: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.21364. Review. PubMed PMID: 23899408; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3728476.

Singh JA. Why human health and health ethics must be central to climate change deliberations. PLoS Med. 2012;9(6):e1001229. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001229. Epub 2012 Jun 5. Review. PubMed PMID: 22679396; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3367987.

Yang YT, Sarfaty M. Zika virus: A call to action for physicians in the era of climate change. Prev Med Rep. 2016 Aug 12;4:444-6. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.07.011. PubMed PMID: 27617189; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5007542.

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Hanna EG, Bell E, King D, Woodruff R. Climate change and Australian agriculture: a review of the threats facing rural communities and the health policy landscape. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2011 Mar;23(2 Suppl):105S-18. doi: 10.1177/1010539510391459. Epub 2011 Jan 17. Review. PubMed PMID: 21242153.

Bernstein AS, Myers SS. Climate change and children's health. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2011 Apr;23(2):221-6. doi: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3283444c89. Review. PubMed PMID: 21412082.

Myers SS, Smith MR, Guth S, Golden CD, Vaitla B, Mueller ND, Dangour AD, Huybers P. Climate Change and Global Food Systems: Potential Impacts on Food Security and Undernutrition. Annu Rev Public Health. 2017 Jan 6. doi: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031816-044356. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28125383.

Crowley RA; Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians. Climate Change and Health: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2016 Apr 19. doi: 10.7326/M15-2766. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27089232.

Moulton AD, Schramm PJ. Climate Change and Public Health Surveillance: Toward a Comprehensive Strategy. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2017 Feb 6. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000550. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28169865.

Saniotis A, Irvine R. Climate change and the possible health effects on older Australians. Aust J Prim Health. 2010;16(3):217-20. doi: 10.1071/PY10025. PubMed PMID: 20815990.

Ciesielski T. Climate Change and Public Health. New Solut. 2017 Jan 1:1048291117691075. doi: 10.1177/1048291117691075. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28142318.

Gerardi DA, Kellerman RA. Climate change and respiratory health. J Occup Environ Med. 2014 Oct;56 Suppl 10:S49-54. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000292. Review. PubMed PMID: 25285977.

Campbell-Lendrum D, Manga L, Bagayoko M, Sommerfeld J. Climate change and vector-borne diseases: what are the implications for public health research and policy? Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2015 Apr 5;370(1665). pii: 20130552. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0552. Review. PubMed PMID: 25688013; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4342958.

Phipps R, Randerson R, Blashki G. The climate change challenge for general practice in New Zealand. N Z Med J. 2011 Apr 29;124(1333):47-54. PubMed PMID: 21750595.

Patz JA, Frumkin H, Holloway T, Vimont DJ, Haines A. Climate change: challenges and opportunities for global health. JAMA. 2014 Oct 15;312(15):1565-80. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.13186. Review. PubMed PMID: 25244362.

Ellis NR, Albrecht GA. Climate change threats to family farmers' sense of place and mental wellbeing: A case study from the Western Australian Wheatbelt. Soc Sci Med. 2017 Feb;175:161-168. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.009. PubMed PMID: 28092757.

Whitmarsh F, Hoskins B, McCoy D. Climate science: frequently asked questions. BMJ. 2015 Nov 24;351:h6216. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h6216. PubMed PMID: 26604084.

Rhoades JL, Gruber JS, Horton B. Developing an In-depth Understanding of Elderly Adult's Vulnerability to Climate Change. Gerontologist. 2017 Feb 3. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnw167. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28158477.

Minos D, Butzlaff I, Demmler KM, Rischke R. Economic Growth, Climate Change, and Obesity. Curr Obes Rep. 2016 Dec;5(4):441-448. Review. PubMed PMID: 27714641.

Minos D, Butzlaff I, Demmler KM, Rischke R. Economic Growth, Climate Change, and Obesity. Curr Obes Rep. 2016 Dec;5(4):441-448. Review. PubMed PMID: 27714641.

Kaffenberger BH, Shetlar D, Norton SA, Rosenbach M. The effect of climate change on skin disease in North America. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2017 Jan;76(1):140-147. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2016.08.014. Review. PubMed PMID: 27742170.

Bi P, Williams S, Loughnan M, Lloyd G, Hansen A, Kjellstrom T, Dear K, Saniotis A. The effects of extreme heat on human mortality and morbidity in Australia: implications for public health. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2011 Mar;23(2 Suppl):27S-36. doi: 10.1177/1010539510391644. Epub 2011 Jan 19. Review. PubMed PMID: 21247972.

Carvalho BM, Rangel EF, Vale MM. Evaluation of the impacts of climate change on disease vectors through ecological niche modelling. Bull Entomol Res. 2016 Dec 15:1-12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27974065.

Parker GB, Hadzi-Pavlovic D, Graham RK. Examining for any impact of climate change on the association between seasonality and hospitalization for mania. J Affect Disord. 2017 Jan 15;208:431-435. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.11.006. PubMed PMID: 27846412.

Walker R, Hassall J, Chaplin S, Congues J, Bajayo R, Mason W. Health promotion interventions to address climate change using a primary health care approach: a literature review. Health Promot J Austr. 2011 Dec;22 Spec No:S6-12. Review. PubMed PMID: 22518912.

Patrick R, Capetola T. It's here! Are we ready? Five case studies of health promotion practices that address climate change from within Victorian health care settings. Health Promot J Austr. 2011 Dec;22 Spec No:S61-7. PubMed PMID: 22518923.

Charlesworth KE, Jamieson M. New sources of value for health and care in a carbon-constrained world. J Public Health (Oxf). 2017 Jan 17. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdw146. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28100641.

Blashki G, Armstrong G, Berry HL, Weaver HJ, Hanna EG, Bi P, Harley D, Spickett JT. Preparing health services for climate change in Australia. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2011 Mar;23(2 Suppl):133S-43. doi: 10.1177/1010539510395121. Review. PubMed PMID: 21447548.