Carlos Corvalán

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Carlos Corvalán is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Carlos Corvalán has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 8 papers in General Health Professions and 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Carlos Corvalán's work include Climate Change and Health Impacts (26 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (9 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (7 papers). Carlos Corvalán is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change and Health Impacts (26 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (9 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (7 papers). Carlos Corvalán collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Australia and United States. Carlos Corvalán's co-authors include Diarmid Campbell‐Lendrum, Annette Prüss‐Üstün, Sari Kovats, Andy Haines, Alistair Woodward, Tord Kjellström, Kristie L. Ebi, Kirk R. Smith, Joel D. Scheraga and Anthony J. McMichael and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and Environmental Health Perspectives.

In The Last Decade

Carlos Corvalán

57 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Climate change and human health: Impacts, vulnerability and public health

2006 700 citations Andy Haines, Sari Kovats et al. Public Health profile →

Peers

Carlos Corvalán

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Zaid Chalabi United Kingdom

Colin D. Butler Australia

Anthony Capon Australia

Simon Hales New Zealand

Cordia Chu Australia

Nélson Gouveia Brazil

David Kriebel United States

Thomas Matte United States

Philippa Howden‐Chapman New Zealand

Diarmid Campbell‐Lendrum Switzerland

Zaid Chalabi United Kingdom

Carlos Corvalán

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534 ×1.0

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Countries citing papers authored by Carlos Corvalán

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carlos Corvalán

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Carlos Corvalán. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Carlos Corvalán. The network helps show where Carlos Corvalán may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carlos Corvalán

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carlos Corvalán. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carlos Corvalán based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Carlos Corvalán. Carlos Corvalán is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Corvalán, Carlos, Brandon Gray, Elena Villalobos Prats, et al.. (2022). Mental health and the global climate crisis. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 31. e86–e86. 35 indexed citations

Corvalán, Carlos, Elena Villalobos Prats, Aderita Sena, et al.. (2020). Towards Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care Facilities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(23). 8849–8849. 76 indexed citations

Sena, Aderita, et al.. (2018). Drought in the Semiarid Region of Brazil: Exposure, Vulnerabilities and Health Impacts from the Perspectives of Local Actors. PLoS Currents. 10. 22 indexed citations

Sena, Aderita, Kristie L. Ebi, Carlos Machado de Freitas, Carlos Corvalán, & Christovam Barcellos. (2017). Indicators to measure risk of disaster associated with drought: Implications for the health sector. PLoS ONE. 12(7). e0181394–e0181394. 27 indexed citations

Patz, Jonathan A., Carlos Corvalán, Pierre Horwitz, et al.. (2012). Our planet, our health, our future. Human health and the Rio conventions: biological diversity, climate change and desertification. UCL Discovery (University College London). 20 indexed citations

McMichael, Anthony J., Sharon Friel, Anthony Nyong, & Carlos Corvalán. (2008). Global environmental change and health: impacts, inequalities, and the health sector. BMJ. 336(7637). 191–194. 210 indexed citations

Corvalán, Carlos. (2007). Climate change and human health. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 85(11). 830–832. 9 indexed citations

Corvalán, Carlos, et al.. (2007). Salud y medio ambiente: Hacia una estimación de la carga de morbilidad atribuible al medio ambiente. Ambienta: La revista del Ministerio de Medio Ambiente. 20–27. 1 indexed citations

Haines, Andy, Sari Kovats, Diarmid Campbell‐Lendrum, & Carlos Corvalán. (2006). Climate change and human health: impacts, vulnerability, and mitigation. The Lancet. 367(9528). 2101–2109. 374 indexed citations

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Ebi, Kristie L., Nancy Davis Lewis, & Carlos Corvalán. (2006). Climate Variability and Change and Their Potential Health Effects in Small Island States: Information for Adaptation Planning in the Health Sector. Environmental Health Perspectives. 114(12). 1957–1963. 74 indexed citations

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Haines, Andy, Sari Kovats, Diarmid Campbell‐Lendrum, & Carlos Corvalán. (2006). Climate change and human health: Impacts, vulnerability and public health. Public Health. 120(7). 585–596. 700 indexed citations breakdown →

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Carneiro, Fernando Ferreira, et al.. (2005). Meeting Report: Development of Environmental Health Indicators in Brazil and Other Countries in the Americas. Environmental Health Perspectives. 114(9). 1407–1408. 15 indexed citations

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Nelson, Deborah Imel, Marisol Concha‐Barrientos, Timothy Driscoll, et al.. (2005). The global burden of selected occupational diseases and injury risks: Methodology and summary. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 48(6). 400–418. 150 indexed citations

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Prüss‐Üstün, Annette, Colin Mathers, Carlos Corvalán, & Alistair Woodward. (2003). Introduction and methods: assessing the environmental burden of disease at national and local levels.. 153 indexed citations

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McMichael, Anthony J., Harris Pastides, Annette Prüss, Carlos Corvalán, & David Kay. (2001). Update on World Health Organization’s Initiative to Assess Environmental Burden of Disease. Epidemiology. 12(2). 277–279. 5 indexed citations

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Kay, David, Annette Prüss, & Carlos Corvalán. (2000). Methodology for assessment of Environmental burden of disease. 27 indexed citations

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Mandryk, John, et al.. (1995). Health status and exposure of workers at a pilot brown coal liquefaction plant in Australia, 1985—1991. Occupational Medicine. 45(5). 239–246. 1 indexed citations

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Corvalán, Carlos, Timothy Driscoll, & James Harrison. (1994). Role of migrant factors in work-related fatalities in Australia.. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 20(5). 364–370. 58 indexed citations

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Nurminen, Markku, et al.. (1992). Prediction of silicosis and lung cancer in the Australian labor force exposed to silica.. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 18(6). 393–399. 12 indexed citations

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Leigh, James, et al.. (1991). The incidence of malignant mesothelioma in Australia 1982–1988. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 20(5). 643–655. 33 indexed citations

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