Outdoor Heat Associated With Elderly Hospital Admissions for Respiratory Ailments

Temperature Peaks Trigger Elderly Respiratory Admissions by Kirsty Oswald.  medwireNews.  March 12, 2013.

The study of 213 U.S. counties found that for every 10 degree F. increase in daily temperature there was a 4.3% increase in hospitalizations of those over 65.  The obvious implications for global warming and respiratory hospitalizations were emphasized by a Johns Hopkins public health researcher.