RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
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
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 148
OP 150
VO 31
IS 224
A1 N. C. H. Stott
A1 R. R. West
YR 1981
UL http://bjgp.org/content/31/224/148.abstract
AB 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.