Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal
An integrated, curated bibliographic database of global peer-reviewed research and gray literature on the science of climate impacts on human health.
Please visit our Portal Instructional Video for help getting started.
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Global
Spans journals and reports from around the world (English-language)
Integrated
Includes literature from the biomedical, ecological, and geophysical sciences
Curated
Enables filtered and focused results by tagging resources with 250+ keywords
Comprehensive
Combines searches of PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and more
Targeted
Identifies literature most directly relevant to human health
Example Explorations
Impacts of Extreme Heat on Children's Health
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Role of the health sector in extreme weather events
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Modeling climate change-related shifts in infectious diseases in Europe
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Health co-benefits of greenhouse gas reductions
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Children’s vulnerability to health impacts of climate change
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Health impacts of climate change in low-lying Pacific Island states
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Community involvement in adaptation planning
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Modeling health impacts of extreme heat
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Communicating health impacts of climate change to the public
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