The midwife, the coincidence, and the hypothesis
BMJPublished 18 December 2003Open access
David J. Barker
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Development of the hypothesis that adverse conditions in utero and during infancy increase the risk of cardiovascular disease in later life required epidemiological studies of a kind never undertaken before, and it was necessary to find records of birth weight and living conditions during infancy for people born at least 60 years ago and to link these to their current cardiovascular health.
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Finding an archive of health records is one thing—and being able to talk your way into accessing them may depend on coincidence
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Medicine