Winter Weather Bibliography

MMWR Articles: Hypothermia

• Hypothermia-Related Deaths—United States, 1999-2002 and 2005
  MMWR 2006 Mar 17;55(10):282-284.
• Hypothermia-Related Deaths—United States, 2003-2004
  MMWR 2005;54(07):173-175.
• Hypothermia-Related Deaths—United States, 2003
  MMWR 2004;53(08):172-173.
• Hypothermia-Related Deaths—Philadelphia, 2001, and United States, 1999
  MMWR 2003;52(05):86-87.
• Hypothermia-Related Deaths—Utah, 2000, and United States, 1979--1998
  MMWR 2002;51(04):76-78.
• Hypothermia-Related Deaths—Suffolk County, New York, January 1999-March 2000, and United States, 1979-1998
  MMWR 2001;50(04):53-57.
• Hypothermia-Related Deaths—Alaska, October 1998-April 1999, and trends in the United States, 1979-1996
  MMWR 2000;49(01):11-14.
• Hypothermia-Related Deaths—Georgia, January 1996-December 1997, and United States, 1979-1995
  MMWR 1998;47(48):1037-1040.
• Hypothermia-Related Deaths—Virginia, November 1996-April 1997
  MMWR 1997; 46(49):1157-1159.
• Hypothermia-Related Deaths—Vermont, October 1994-February 1996
  MMWR 1996; 45(50):1093-1095.
• Hypothermia-Related Deaths—New Mexico, October 1993-March 1994
  MMWR 1995; 44(50):933-935.
• Hypothermia-Related Deaths—North Carolina, November 1993-March 1994
  MMWR 1994;43(46):849,855-856.
• Hypothermia-Related Deaths—Cook County, Illinois, November 1992-March 1993
  MMWR 1993;42(47):917-919.
• Hypothermia Prevention
  MMWR 1988;37(50):780-782.
• Hypothermia-Associated Deaths—United States, 1968-1980
  MMWR 1985;34(50):753-754.
• Hypothermia—United States
  MMWR 1983;32(3):46-48.
• Exposure-Related Hypothermia Deaths—District of Columbia, 1972-1982
  MMWR 1982;31(50):669-671.

MMWR Articles: Carbon Monoxide Poison

• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Deaths Associated with Camping—Georgia, March 1999
  MMWR 1999;48(32):705-706.
• Deaths from Motor-Vehicle Related Unintentional Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Colorado, 1996, New Mexico, 1980-1995, and United States, 1979-1992
  MMWR 1996; 45(47):1029-1032.
• Carbon Monoxide Poisonings Associated with Snow-Obstructed Vehicle Exhaust Systems—Philadelphia and New York City, January 1996
  MMWR 1996;45(01):1-3.
• Unintentional Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Following a Winter Storm—Washington, January 1993
  MMWR 1993;42(06):109-111.

MMWR Articles: Ice Storms

• Community Needs Assessment and Morbidity Surveillance Following an Ice Storm—Maine, January 1998
  MMWR 1998;47(17):351-354.
• Work-Related Injuries Associated with Falls During Ice Storms, January 1994—National Institutes of Health
  MMWR 1995;44(49):920-922.

MMWR Articles: Snowmobiles

• Injuries and Deaths Associated with the Use of Snowmobiles—Maine, 1991-1996
  MMWR 1997;46(01):1-4.
• Injuries Associated with Use of Snowmobiles—New Hampshire, 1989-1992
  MMWR 1995;44(01):1-3.

Other

• Snow Blower Injuries—Colorado, New York
  MMWR 1983;32(6):77-78.
• Public Health Impact of a Snow Disaster
  MMWR 1982;31(51):695-696.

Journal Articles

• Althaus U, Aeberhard P, Schupbach P, Nachbur BH, Muhlemann W. Management of profound accidental hypothermia with cardiorespiratory arrest. Ann Surg 1982;195:492-5.
• Anderson TW, Rochard C. Cold snaps, snowfall, and sudden death from ischemic heart disease. Can Med Assoc J 1979;121:1580-3.
• Anttti-Poika I, Pohjolainen T, Alaranta H. Severe frostbite of the upper extremities—a psychosocial problem mostly associated with alcohol abuse. Scand J Soc Med 1990;18:59-61.
• Arneil GC, Kerr MM. Severe hypothermia in Glasgow infants in winter. Lancet 1963;2:756-9.
• Aylin P, Morris S, Wakefield J, Grossinho A, Jarup L, Elliott P. Temperature, housing, deprivation and their relationship to excess winter mortality in Great Britain, 1986-1996. Int Epidemiol 2001;30:1100-8.
• Baker-Blocker A. Winter weather and cardiovascular mortality in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Am J Public Health 1982;72:261-5.
• Bull GM, Morton J. Environment, temperature, and death rates. Age Ageing 1978;7:210-24.
• Bullard RW, Rapp GM. Problems of body heat loss in water immersion. Aerospace Med 1970;41:1269-77.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Extreme cold: a prevention guide to promote your personal health and safety. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, 1996.
• Collins KJ, Dore C, Exton-Smith AN, Fox RH, MacDonald IC, Woodward PM. Accidental hypothermia and impaired temperature homeostasis in the elderly. Br Med J 1977;1:353-6.
• Collins KJ, Easton JC, Belfield-Smith H, Exton-Smith AN, Pluck RA. Effects of age on body temperature and blood pressure in cold environments. Clin Sci 1985;69:465-70.
• Collins KJ. Hypothermia: the facts. New York: Oxford University Press, 1983.
• Collins KJ. Low indoor temperature and morbidity in the elderly. Age Ageing 1986;15:212-20.
• Collins KJ, Easton JC, Exton-Smith AN. Shivering thermogenesis and vasometer responses with convective cooling in the elderly. J Physiol 1981;320:76.
• Collins KJ, Exton-Smith AN, Dore C. Urban hypothermia: preferred temperature and thermal perception in old age. Br Med J 1981;282:175-7.
• Courvoisier S, Fournel J, Ducrot R, Kolsky M, Koetschet P. Proprietes pharmacodynamiques du chlorhydrate de cholor-3 (dimethylamino-3' propl)-10 phenothiazine (4.560 R.P.). Arch Int Pharmacodyn 1953;92:305-61.
• Cutting WAM, Samuel GA. Hypothermia in a tropical winter climate. Indian J Pediatr 1971;8:752-7.
• Daley WR, Smith A, Paz-Argandona E, Malilay J, McGeehin M. An outbreak of carbon monoxide poisoning after a major ice storm in Maine. J Emerg Med 2000;18:87-93.
• Danzl DF, Pozos RS, Auerbach PS, et al. Multicenter Hypothermia Survey. Ann Emerg Med 1987;16:1042-55.
• Duguid H, Simpson RG, Stowers JM. Accidental hypothermia. Lancet 1961;2:1213-9.
• Faich G, Rose R. Blizzard morbidity and mortality: Rhode Island, 1978. Am J Public Health 1979;69:1050-2.
• Feinlieb M. Statement of Manning Feinlieb. In: Deadly cold: health hazards due to cold weather. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984.
• Forester CF. Coma in myxedema. Arch Intern Med 1963;111(6):100-9.
• Fox RH, Woodward PM, Exton-Smith AN, Green MF, Donnison DV, Wicks MH. Body temperatures in the elderly: a national study of physiological, social, and environmental conditions. Br Med J 1973;1:200-6.
• Frank DH, Robson MC. Accidental hypothermia treated without mortality. Surg Gynecol Obster 1980;151:379-81.
• Franklin BA, Bonzheim K, Gordon S, Timmis GC. Snow shoveling: a trigger for acute myocardial infarction and sudden coronary death. Am J Cardiol 1996;77:855-8.
• Geehr EC, Salluzzo R, Bosco S, Braaten J, Wahl T, Wallenkampf V. Emergency health impact of a severe storm. Am J Emerg Med 1989;7:598-604.
• Glass RI, O'Hare P, Conrad JL. Health consequences of a snow disaster in Massachusetts, February 6, 1978. Am J Public Health 1979;69:1047-9.
• Glass RI, Wissenthal AM, Zack MM, Preston M. Risk factors for myocardial infarction associated with the Chicago snowstorm of Jan 13-15, 1979. JAMA 1981;245:164-5.
• Glass RI, Zack MM. Increase in deaths from ischemic heart disease after blizzards. Lancet 1979;241:485-7.
• Goette DK. Chillblains (perniosis). J Am Acad Dermatol 1990;23:257-62.
• Goldman A, Exton-Smith AN, Francis G, O'Brien A. A pilot study of low body temperatures in old people admitted to hospital. J R Coll Physicians Lond 1977;11:291-306.
• Gorjanc ML, Flanders WD, VanDerslice J, Hersh J, Malilay J. Effects of temperture and snowfall on mortality in Pennsylvania. Am J Epidemiol 1999;149:1152-60.
• Haight JSJ, Keatinge WR. Failure of thermoregulation in the cold during hypoglycemia induced by exercise and ethanol. J Physiol 1973;229:87-97.
• Hartling L, Brison RJ, Pickett W. Cluster of unintentional carbon monoxide poisonings presenting to the emergency departments in Kingston, Ontario during "Ice Storm 98." Can J Public Health 1998;89:388-90.
• Hartling L, Pickett W, Brinson RJ. The injury experience observed in two emergency departments in Kingston, Ontario during "Ice Storm 98." Can J Public Health 1999;90:95-8.
• Heaton JM. The distribution of brown adipose tissue in the human. J Anat 1972;112:35-9.
• Higgins EA, Iampietro PF, Adams T, Holmes DD. Effects of a tranquilizer on body temperature. Proc Soci for Experi Biol Med 1964;115:1017-9.
• Houck PM, Hampson NB. Epidemic carbon monoxide poisoning following a winter storm. J Emerg Med 1997;15:469-73.
• Kanzenbach TL, Dexter WW. Cold injuries. Protecting your patients from the dangers of hypothermia and frostbite. Postgrad Med 1999;105(1):72-8.
• Kappes BM, Mills WJ. A sample of personality profiles on frostbite patients in Alaska 1980-86. Arctic Med Res 1988;47(suppl. 1)243-5.
• Keatinge WR, Coleshaw SRK, Cotter F, Mattock M, Murphy M, Chelliah R. 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. Br Med J 1984;289:1405-8.
• Kid SM, Chasmar LR, Clapson JB. Frostbite in the prairies: a 12-year review. Plast Reconstr Surg 1993;92:633-41.
• Kilbourne EM. Cold environment. In: Noji Ek, ed. The public health consequences of disasters. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997;270-86.
• Kollias J, Ballard RW. The influence of chlorpromazine on physical and chemical mechanisms of temperature regulation in the rat. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1964;145:373-81.
• Kozole A. Hypothermia in a 7-year-old boy: the Current Creek rescue. J Emerg Nurs 1999;25:56-9.
• Kunst AE, Groenhof MA, Mackenback JP. The association between two windchill indices and daily mortality variation in the Netherlands. Am J Public Health 1994;84:1738-42.
• Ledingham IM, Mone JG. Treatment of accidental hypothermia: a prospective clinical study. Br Med J 1980;I:1102-5.
• Lonning PE, Skulberg A, Abyholm F. Accidental hypothermia; review of the literature, Acra Anaesthesiol Scand 1986;30:601-13.
• Lloyd E. Hypothesis: temperature recommendations for elderly people: Are we wrong? Age Ageing 1990;19:264-7.
• MacGregor DC, Armour JA, Goldman BS, Bigelow WG. The effects of ether, ethanol, propanol, and butanol on tolerance to deep hypothermia: experimental and clinical observations. Diseases of the Chest 1966;50:523-9.
• MacLean D, Emslie-Smith D. Accidental hypothermia. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1977.
• Maresca L, Vasko JS. Treatment of hypothermia by extracorporeal circulation and internal rewarming. J Trauma 1987;89-90.
• Miller DA, Miller J Jr. Interactions among ethanol, hypothermia, and asphyxia in guinea pigs. Cryobiology 1967;3:400-6.
• Miller JW, Danzl DF, Thomas DM. Urban accidental hypothermia, 135 cases. Ann Emerg Med 1980;9:456-60.
• Mills WJ Jr. Frostbite. A discussion of the problem and a review of the Alaskan experience. 1973 [classical article]. Alaska Med 1993;35:29-40.
• Mills WJ Jr. Comments on this issue of Alaska Medicine—from then (1960) until now (1993). Alaska Med 1993;35:70-87.
• Mills WJ Jr, Mills WJ 3rd. Peripheral non-freezing cold injury: immersion injury. Alaska Med 1993;35:117-28.
• National Center for Health Statistics. Mortality computer tapes for the years 1968-1985. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 1985.
• Parsons SL, Leach IH, Charnley RM. A case of bilateral trench foot. Injury 1993;24:680-1.
• Purdue GF, Hunt JL. Cold injury: a collective review. J Burn Care Rehabil 1986;7(4):331-42.
• Randall PE, Heath DF, Little RA. How common is accidental hypothermia? [letter]. Arch Emerg Med 1985;2:174-5.
• Ranhoff AH. Accidental hypothermia in the elderly. Int J Circumpolar Health 2000;59:255-9.
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