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Smoking and the sudden infant death syndrome: results from 1993-5 case-control study for confidential inquiry into stillbirths and deaths in infancy

BMJ 1996; 313 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.313.7051.195 (Published 27 July 1996) Cite this as: BMJ 1996;313:195

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A proven discovery

Sudden infant death syndrome: A proven discovery

The 80% decline in British SIDS deaths began when my hypothesis
booklet 'Latent perinatal medication poisoning and Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome" was distributed to government and SIDS organisations in Britain
and around the world including to New Zealand sent a few weeks before
Christmas 1988. I was able to prove for the first time that SIDS deaths
shared a similar death mechanism as many adult forms of sudden death. My
drug + stress + overheating related discovery revealed the actual cause
and mechanism. That which was concealed in infant deaths could clearly be
seen in adults. The spectacular British and in particular the New Zealand
decline actually both began in January 1989, down 40% three years before
the beginning of the British governments December 1991 "Back to sleep
campaign" all back-to-sleep campaigns were based on this original 1987
hypothesis >http://www.laleva.cc/choice/death_syndrome.html
The full discovery was published ten years later in Medical Hypotheses:
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: A proposed discovery, Vol. 49. August 1997.
Pp 177-179. A R Parish.
Medical Hypotheses reviewed and accepted for publication the original 1987
hypothesis. An updated version of the published discovery can be viewed
here> http://www.onshop.co.uk/bse/sids.htm In the year following
publication UK SIDS deaths fell 28%
Anthony R Parish PhD
41/c Dereham Rd,
Norwich, UK
NR2 4BD
Tel. 44 + 1603 461316
arparish@aol.com

Competing interests: No competing interests

18 August 2002
Anthony Parish
Independent
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