Opioid Use and Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2017, Pages E81-E94

  Mascola, Maria A ^a   Borders, Ann E ^a   Terplan, Mishka ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; METHADONE; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; OPIATE; OPIATE AGONIST;

ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIST; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MASS SCREENING; NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OBSTETRICIAN; OPIATE ADDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PUERPERIUM; OBSTETRICS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; STANDARDS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 85027526510     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000002235     Document Type: Article

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