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ArticleThe European respiratory journal2017

Colder temperature is associated with increased COPD morbidity.

Meredith C McCormack, Laura M Paulin, Christine E Gummerson, Roger D Peng, Gregory B Diette, Nadia N Hansel

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Article in The European respiratory journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Meredith C McCormackJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA mmccor16@jhmi.edu.
Laura M PaulinJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Christine E GummersonJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Roger D PengJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dept of Biostatistics, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Gregory B DietteJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Nadia N HanselJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Funding

Oxidative Stress & Inflammation in a Human PM Nasal ChallengeP50ES015903 · NIEHS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BREYSSE, PATRICK N · 2007 to 2011
$12.1M
Project 3: Dissecting the Diet Asthma Relationship in Mice Models of AsthmaP01ES018176 · NIEHS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BISWAL, SHYAM · 2009 to 2013
$4.2M
The Environmental Assessments Core (FSC)P50MD010431 · NIMHD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MATSUI, ELIZABETH C. · 2015 to 2019
$3.5M
Clinical trial of air cleaners to improve indoor air quality and COPD healthR01ES022607 · NIEHS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HANSEL, NADIA N · 2013 to 2017
$3.4M
SPIROMICS - Air Pollution StudyR01ES023500 · NIEHS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HANSEL, NADIA N, KAUFMAN, JOEL DANIEL · 2014 to 2018
$3.2M
Mentoring and Patient Oriented Research in AsthmaK24ES021098 · NIEHS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI DIETTE, GREGORY B · 2012 to 2016
$927k
Indoor Air Pollution, Mucociliary Clearance, and Mucus Properties in COPDK23ES025781 · NIEHS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI PAULIN, LAURA MARIE · 2015 to 2019
$832k
Domestic endotoxin exposure and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseR21ES015781 · NIEHS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HANSEL, NADIA N · 2008 to 2009
$451k
Clean Air- Heart: Clinical trial of an air purifier intervention to reduce indoor particulate matter and improve cardiovascular outcomes in COPDR21ES025840 · NIEHS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MCCORMACK, MEREDITH C · 2015 to 2016
$446k
Health Effects of Extreme Heat among Vulnerable Populations with Asthma and COPDR21ES024021 · NIEHS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MCCORMACK, MEREDITH C · 2013 to 2014
$443k
Peak Indoor NO2 Concentration and Respiratory Outcomes in Children with AsthmaF32ES022115 · NIEHS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI PAULIN, LAURA MARIE · 2012 to 2013
$113k
NIEHS NIH HHS F32 ES022115NIEHS NIH HHS K23 ES025781NIEHS NIH HHS K24 ES021098NIEHS NIH HHS P01 ES018176NIEHS NIH HHS P50 ES015903NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES022607NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES023500NIEHS NIH HHS R21 ES015781NIEHS NIH HHS R21 ES024021NIEHS NIH HHS R21 ES025840NIMHD NIH HHS P50 MD010431
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Cold TemperatureAgedBaltimoreClimateEnvironmentEnvironmental ExposureFemaleForced Expiratory VolumeGlobal WarmingHumansMaleMiddle AgedMorbidityPulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Identifiers

PMID28663313
PMCPMC5817981

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