Illicit drug use and adverse birth outcomes: Is it drugs or context?

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 858-873

  Schempf, Ashley H ^a   Strobino, Donna M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Illicit drugs; Low birth weight; Pregnancy; Psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH WEIGHT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; BALTIMORE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SELF DISCLOSURE; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049127624     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-008-9315-6     Document Type: Article

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