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Magnitude, demographics and dynamics of the impact of the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic on all-cause mortality in 17 industrialised countries

Published in medrXiv (pre-print), 2020

Recommended citation: Magnitude, demographics and dynamics of the impact of the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic on all-cause mortality in 17 industrialised countries Vasilis Kontis, James E Bennett, Theo Rashid, Robbie M Parks, Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard, Michel Guillot, Perviz Asaria, Bin Zhou, Marco Battaglini, Gianni Corsetti, Martin McKee, Mariachiara Di Cesare, Colin D Mathers, Majid Ezzati doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.26.20161570 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.26.20161570v1

The hidden burden of pandemics, climate change and migration on mental health

Published in UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) thematic series on health, 2020

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Recommended citation: Parks RM*, Thalheimer L*. (2020). The hidden burden of pandemics, climate change and migration on mental health,https://environmentalmigration.iom.int/covid-19-pandemic-migration-and-environmentUN International Organization for Migration (IOM) thematic series on health https://environmentalmigration.iom.int/blogs/hidden-burden-pandemics-climate-change-and-migration-mental-health

Age- and sex-specific total mortality impacts of the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic in England and Wales: Application of a Bayesian model ensemble to mortality statistics

Published in medrXiv (pre-print), 2020

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Recommended citation: Age- and sex-specific total mortality impacts of the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic in England and Wales: Application of a Bayesian model ensemble to mortality statistics Vasilis Kontis, James E Bennett, Robbie M Parks, Theo Rashid, Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard, Perviz Asaria, Michel Guillot, Marta Blangiardo, Majid Ezzati medRxiv 2020.05.20.20107680; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.20.20107680 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.20.20107680v1

Anomalously warm temperatures are associated with increased injury deaths

Published in Nature Medicine, 2020

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Recommended citation: Parks, R.M., Bennett, J.E., Tamura-Wicks, H. et al. Anomalously warm temperatures are associated with increased injury deaths. Nat Med 26, 65–70 (2020) doi:10.1038/s41591-019-0721-y

Vital Signs - Health security in South Africa: Chapter 4: Climate, drought, food security and health

Published in Vital Signs - Health security in South Africa. The Brenthurst Foundation, 2020

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Recommended citation: Parks RM, McLaren M, Rivett U, Thomson M (2020) Vital Signs - Health security in South Africa: Chapter 4: Climate, drought, food security and health. The Brenthurst Foundation.

Particulate matter air pollution and national and county life expectancy loss in the USA: a spatiotemporal analysis

Published in PLOS Medicine, 2019

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Recommended citation: Bennett JE, Tamura-Wicks H, Parks RM, Burnett RT, Pope CA III, Bechle MJ, et al. (2019) Particulate matter air pollution and national and county life expectancy loss in the USA: A spatiotemporal analysis. PLoS Med 16(7): e1002856. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002856

Experiences and lessons in managing water from Cape Town

Published in Grantham Briefing Papers, 2019

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Recommended citation: Parks RM, Mclaren M, Toumi R, Rivett U, 2019, Experiences and lessons in managing water from Cape Town, Grantham Briefing Papers

National and regional seasonal dynamics of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the USA from 1980 to 2016

Published in eLife, 2018

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Recommended citation: Parks RM, Bennett J, Foreman K, Toumi R, Ezzati M, 2018, National and regional seasonal dynamics of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the USA from 1980 to 2016, eLife, Vol: 7, ISSN: 2050-084X https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35500

Weather, climate and health

Published in Weather, 2016

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Recommended citation: Parks RM, 2016, Weather, climate and health, Weather, Vol: 71, Pages: 194-195, ISSN: 0043-1656 https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.2752

Robbie M Parks, PhD

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