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BIRTH. The act of being wholly brought into the world. The whole body must
be detached from that of the mother, in order to make the birth complete. 5
C. & P. 329; S. C. 24 E. C. L. R. 344 6 C. & P. 349; S. C. 25 E. C. L. R.
433.
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Birth size and coronary heart disease risk score in young adulthood. Subsequent epidemiological studies have shown a relationship between infant birth size and stroke, blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, renal failure and metabolic syndrome (2). There is also evidence of associations between birth size and future development of adult diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease (Godfrey and Barker 2001; Phillips 2000). |
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