Exposure to cold and respiratory tract infections

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 938-943

  Mourtzoukou, E G ^a   Falagas, Matthew E ^a,b  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Common cold; Exposure to cold; Hypothermia; Influenza; Pneumonia; Respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

BODY SURFACE; COLD AIR; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD STRESS; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INCIDENCE; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INHALATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VASOCONSTRICTION; WINTER;

COLD; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

EID: 34548707958     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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