Recreational drug use: A major risk factor for gastroschisis?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 485-491

  Draper, Elizabeth S ^a   Rankin, Judith ^b   Tonks, Ann M ^c   Abrams, Keith R ^a   Field, David J ^a   Clarke, Michael ^a   Kurinczuk, Jennifer J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c West Midlands Perinatal Institute   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastroschisis; Pregnancy; Risk factors; Street drugs

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; RECREATIONAL DRUG;

CHILD HEALTH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; DRUG USER; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PREGNANCY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DRUG USE; GASTROSCHISIS; GYNECOLOGY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STREET DRUGS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 39349097472     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm335     Document Type: Article

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