PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J W Yarnell
AU  - A S St Leger
TI  - Respiratory infections and their influence on lung function in children: a multiple regression analysis.
AID  - 10.1136/thx.36.11.847
DP  - 1981 Nov 01
TA  - Thorax
PG  - 847--851
VI  - 36
IP  - 11
4099  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/36/11/847.short
4100  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/36/11/847.full
SO  - Thorax1981 Nov 01; 36
AB  - The relationship between a history of respiratory infections (and associated variables) in children and lung function in later life was examined in a study among 228 children aged 7 to 11 years. In a multiple regression analysis only a few variables showed marked and consistent effects on lung function. Respiratory tract infections showed increasing impairment of lung function with repeated infections, but the impairment was smaller than that caused by current asthma.