The Effect of Cold Temperature on Increased Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Nationwide Study

• Ching-Min Tseng ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ching-Min Tseng, Yung-Tai Chen

  Affiliation Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Yung-Tai Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ching-Min Tseng, Yung-Tai Chen

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Taipei City Hospital Heping Fuyou Branch, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Shuo-Ming Ou,

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Yi-Han Hsiao,

  Affiliation Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Szu-Yuan Li,

  Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Shuu-Jiun Wang,

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Albert C. Yang,

  Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Tzeng-Ji Chen,

  Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Diahn-Warng Perng

  * E-mail: dwperng@vghtpe.gov.tw

  Affiliations Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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