Colder temperature is associated with increased COPD morbidity

Eur Respir J. 2017 Jun 29;49(6):1601501. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01501-2016. Print 2017 Jun.

Authors

Meredith C McCormack^{1

2}, Laura M Paulin^{3

2}, Christine E Gummerson³, Roger D Peng⁴, Gregory B Diette³, Nadia N Hansel³

Affiliations

¹ Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA mmccor16@jhmi.edu.
² Co-first authors.
³ Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁴ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dept of Biostatistics, Baltimore, MD, USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Aged
Baltimore
Climate
Cold Temperature*
Environment
Environmental Exposure
Female
Forced Expiratory Volume
Global Warming
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Morbidity
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnosis
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / physiopathology*

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