Open AccessAcute cooling of the feet and the onset of common cold symptoms
Author(s) -
Claire Johnson,
Ronald Eccles
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
family practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.955
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1460-2229
pISSN - 0263-2136
DOI - 10.1093/fampra/cmi072
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine
There is a common folklore that chilling of the body surface causes the development of common cold symptoms, but previous clinical research has failed to demonstrate any effect of cold exposure on susceptibility to infection with common cold viruses.
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