In the paper entitled “Respiratory symptoms and home environment in children: a national survey” by M L Burret al which appeared on pages 27–32 of the January 1999 issue of Thorax, the authors regret that three lines were transposed in table 2. The corrected section of this table relating to housing is shown below.

In addition, the address of Professor D P Strachan was omitted from the address panel on the first page of the paper. His address is: Department of Public Health Sciences, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK