Ambient heat and hospitalisation for COPD in Brazil: a nationwide case-crossover study.
Qi ZhaoShanshan LiMicheline de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio CoelhoPaulo Hilário Nascimento SaldivaRongbin XuRachel R HuxleyMichael J AbramsonYuming GuoPublished in: Thorax (2019)
In Brazil, exposure to ambient heat was positively associated with hospitalisation for COPD, particularly during the late hot season. These data add to the growing evidence base implicating global warming as being an important contributor to the future healthcare burden.