Prevalence and Magnitude of Perinatal Substance Exposures in California

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 329, Issue 12, 1993, Pages 850-854

  Vega, William A ^a   Kolody, Bohdan ^b   Hwang, Jimmy ^c   Noble, Amanda ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID; COCAINE; METHADONE; OPIATE; PHENCYCLIDINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0027236801     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199309163291207     Document Type: Article

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