TY - JOUR T1 - Acute lower respiratory tract infections in infants: the influence of central heating systems JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 148 LP - 150 VL - 31 IS - 224 AU - N. C. H. Stott AU - R. R. West Y1 - 1981/03/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/31/224/148.abstract N2 - A cohort of 342 infants in a group practice population were studied during the first year of life to assess whether hot-air central heating was associated with more severe respiratory infections than radiator central heating. Infants born into council house families with ducted hot-air central heating were at no greater risk of contracting severe respiratory infections than those with radiator central heating. The risk of a respiratory infection was positively correlated with size of sibship and maternal smoking habits. ER -