Alcohol plus cocaine prenatally is more deleterious than either drug alone

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 673-678

  Randall, Carrie L ^a   Cook, Jocelynn L ^b   Thomas, Suzanne E ^a   White, Nancy M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cocaine; Mouse; Prenatal; Teratology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TERATOGENESIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL RESORPTION; LITTER SIZE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032726060     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(99)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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