Prenatal exposure to drugs of abuse using meconium analysis in a low socioeconomic population in Barcelona;Exposición prenatal a drogas de abuso a través del análisis de meconio en una población de bajo nivel socioeconómico en Barcelona

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-158

  Garcia Algar O ^a,b,c   Vall Combelles, O ^a,b,c   Puig Sola, C ^b,c   Mur Sierra, A ^a,c   Scaravelli, G ^d   Pacifici, R ^d   Monleon Getino T ^b,e   Pichini, S ^d  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Cocaine; Drugs of abuse; Foetal exposure; Meconium; Opiates

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; CANNABINOID; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MISUSE; ETHNICITY; FAMILY PLANNING; FOLLOW UP; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM; NEWBORN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MECONIUM; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 60749127891     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: 16959531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anpedi.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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