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. 1981 Mar;31(224):148-50.

Acute lower respiratory tract infections in infants: the influence of central heating systems

N C Stott, R R West

Acute lower respiratory tract infections in infants: the influence of central heating systems

N C Stott et al. J R Coll Gen Pract. 1981 Mar.

Abstract

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.

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