BBC News: Lung flaw link to cot death risk
- Research finding that babies born with specific variants of three key lung genes are 14 times more likely to die from cot death.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5278478.stm

New Scientist: Nicotine's double link to cot death
- Article discussing research finding that nicotine not only disrupts a baby's breathing, but can also disrupt the early development of neural circuits that guard against breathing cessation during sleep.
- http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn2771

FSID: Research background for the advice to reduce the risk of Cot Death
- Discusses key recommendations to parents wanting to reduce the risk of cot death, and the research supporting these recommendations.
- http://www.sids.org.uk/fsid/factfile2.pdf

SidsAlliance.org: Toxic Gas Theory, Mattresses and SIDS
- Summarises results from a number of studies into toxic gas theory, and concludes there is a lack of evidence to support the theory as a cause of SIDS.
- http://www.sidsalliance.org/FC-PDF4/Research_Position%20Statements/toxic%20gas%20theor%E2%80%A6es%20and%20sid.pdf

Cot Life 2000
- Discusses a theory (now discredited) that cot death is caused by toxic gases released from mattresses, and includes opinions on prevention of cot death.
- http://www.cotlife2000.co.nz/