Cold exposure and winter mortality from ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, respiratory disease, and all causes in warm and cold regions of Europe

Increases in platelet and red cell counts, blood viscosity, and arterial pressure during mild surface cooling: factors in mortality from coronary and cerebral thrombosis in winter.

1984 • 621 citations

Seasonal variations of plasma fibrinogen and factor VII activity in the elderly: winter infections and death from cardiovascular disease

1994 • 541 citations

Reflex Increase in Coronary Vascular Resistance in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease

1976 • 486 citations

Outdoor Air Temperature and Mortality in the Netherlands: A Time-Series Analysis

1993 • 430 citations

Sudden Coronary Death

1995 • 407 citations

Seasonal variation of blood pressure and its relationship to ambient temperature in an elderly population

1993 • 382 citations

Vitamin C and risk of death from stroke and coronary heart disease in cohort of elderly people

1995 • 307 citations

Cold-induced Increases in Erythrocyte Count, Plasma Cholesterol and Plasma Fibrinogen of Elderly People without a Comparable Rise in Protein C or Factor X

1994 • 207 citations

Plasminogen Activator and Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor I Release during Experimental Endotoxaemia in Chimpanzees: Effect of Interventions in the Cytokine and Coagulation Cascades

1995 • 205 citations

Association of acute respiratory symptoms with onset of acute myocardial infarction: Prospective investigation of 150 consecutive patients and matched control patients

1984 • 204 citations

ENVIRONMENT, TEMPERATURE AND DEATH RATES

1978 • 180 citations

Effects of age on body temperature and blood pressure in cold environments

1985 • 125 citations

Influenza and Ischaemic Heart Disease-a Possible Trigger for Acute Myocardial Infarction?

1978 • 125 citations

Roles of subcutaneous fat and thermoregulatory reflexes in determining ability to stabilize body temperature in water.

1981 • 124 citations

Early increases in ischaemic heart disease mortality dissociated from and later changes associated with respiratory mortality after cold weather in south east England.

1997 • 118 citations

Local hyperthermia benefits natural and experimental common colds.

1989 • 114 citations

Interrelation of vitamin C, infection, haemostatic factors, and cardiovascular disease

1995 • 109 citations

Deaths in winter: Can Britain learn from Europe?

1989 • 106 citations

Seasonal Variation in Blood Pressure in Normotensive Women Studied by Home Measurements

1996 • 103 citations

Effects of steam inhalation on nasal patency and nasal symptoms in patients with the common cold

1987 • 84 citations

Air pollution, lagged effects of temperature, and mortality: The Netherlands 1979-87.

1993 • 82 citations

Some factors affecting the airborne survival of bacteria outdoors

1995 • 78 citations

Seasonal mortality among elderly people with unrestricted home heating.

1986 • 62 citations

Analysing geographic variations in mortality using poisson regression: The example of ischaemic heart disease in England and Wales 1969–1973

1986 • 37 citations

Occurrence of breathing problems induced by cold climate in asthmatics--a questionnaire survey.

1987 • 30 citations

Sampling for the Social Survey

1950 • 25 citations